New 6-story, 52,000 square foot “Green” affordable housing rental apartment building. Awarded the first NYSERDA ENERGY STAR rating in the country for a multifamily building.

Rating qualification features include tight building envelope with additional perimeter and roof insulation and air sealing of perimeter and demising walls , high-efficiency sealed-combustion modulating boiler, ENERGY STAR light fixtures with occupancy/motion sensors and LED exit signs, Constant air regulators to balance building exhaust while reducing heat loss, low-e, argon-filled windows, custom designed windows with removable bottom sash for A/C panel, replacing typical metal A/C sleeve, glass-faced sheetrock on perimeter walls to eliminate risk of mold, Otis Gen2 elevators with integral motor above the cab operating at much lower horsepower than traditional hydraulics to use less electricity.