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SPRING VALLEY BRUDERHOF, Farmington, Pennsylvania, United States
For a Cooperative Community, Heating with Biomass Creates a Circle of Use for Wood that Had Been Waste
When a cooperative religious community in Farmington, Pennsylvania installed a wood-fired district heating system in 2008, the project turned a waste product into a useful fuel that benefits the whole community.... Full story
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE'S SACHEM VILLAGE, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Serving A Dense Residential Complex with a Pellet Boiler
When Dartmouth College was mid-project with construction of 125 new housing units for graduate students, “we began to see a real big demand for these units, which are very popular with the students—so we saw the opportunity to do a second phase of the project,” recounts Tim McNamara, a college associate director for real estate.... Full story
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GREEN ACRES PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX, Barre, Vermont, United States
How a Chip System's Savings Made a Housing Complex Affordable Again
In the late 1980s, low-income residents at Green Acres, a 50-unit affordable-housing complex in Barre, Vermont, were paying an average of $250—often more than $300—every winter month to heat their apartments. The complex had all-electric heat and hot water, and tenant after tenant was abandoning Green Acres after the bills had piled up too high. Others were using dangerous kerosene heaters, and nearly everyone was trying to get by in under-heated living spaces, leading to problems with mildew, icing, condensation, and “decreased tenant comfort and satisfaction,” noted a consultant’s 1988 report on the problem.... Full story
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