Multifamily Success Stories - Rehabs & Upgrades
Download case studies of existing multifamiily buildings that were upgraded for energy and resource efficiency.
In Emeryville’s bustling Triangle neighborhood, a century-old fourplex apartment building was lifted off its foundation and moved to a new lot one block away to preserve it from being razed during redevelopment of the old site
In early 2010, Affordable Housing Associates, a nonprofit developer that creates high-quality homes for low-income families, got started on a top-to-bottom rehab of a dilapidated 31-unit building they had acquired in the Adams Point area of Oakland. Their goal was to make it not just habitable but beautiful, green and permanently affordable
Erna P. Harris Court in the City of Berkeley was first conceived of as an affordable housing development for very-low income and formerly homeless persons in 1994. In 2011, RCD substantially renovated Erna P. Harris Court to reposition the property for thirty more years of service.
Posada de Colores is home to 113 seniors in the Fruitvale district of Oakland. The 100- unit building is owned by Unity Council and was built in 1976. At the time of upgrade, many of the original building systems were still in place. The upgrade project gathered loans and grants from HUD and the City of Oakland.
This is a July 2009 PowerPoint Presentation from Sustainable Energy Partners about green upgrade efforts underway at Fillmore Center in San Francisco. This project is not affiliated with StopWaste.
View more case studies about green multifamily buildings throughout California on the Energy Upgrade California Multifamily Program website.