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Fillmore Center, San Francisco - LEED Certification Progress Report

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.

Fillmore Center is a 1,100-unit multifamily property that upgraded central systems, tightened systems operations, addressed waste stream issues and engaged occupants to improve environmental performance. The property is certified by the LEED Existing Building green building rating system.

Posado de Colores, Oakland

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. All upgrades were conducted while the units were occupied, not requiring relocation of any tenants. 

Erna P. Harris Court, Berkeley

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. 
 
Click the Download button to read the case study published by Resources for Community Development.

Fairmount Apartments, Oakland

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

Pleasanton Corporate Commons

This case study describes how Pleasanton Corporate Commons, a multi-tenant office complex, received LEED-EB Silver certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings), and saves $110,000 a year on disposal costs—all by implementing a new recycling program.

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