Clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August, provide significant additional incentives to install solar panels on affordable housing rental properties. The magnitude of the added benefits means that every developer
Chair of WH Council on Environmental Quality Tours EBP Demonstration Project
Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) within the Executive Office of the President, toured DESC’s Hobson Place South development on October 6. The tweets below are from the building’s owner/developer (and EBP partner)
EBP’s Lessons Learned: Housing Washington Conference Presentation Slide Deck Available
As you all probably know by now, HDC’s Exemplary Buildings Program (EBP) has five demonstration projects in various stages of the design and construction process. On October 5, Sondra Nielsen of DESC, Scott Crosby of Ankrom Moisan,
EBP Partner Emerald Cities Publishes Guide to Integrating Equity in Building Policy + Programs
Equity is one of three urgent and intersecting priorities driving the Exemplary Buildings Program. EBP task force member Steve Gelb of Emerald Cities Seattle passed on an incredible practical resource for companies and organizations committed to doing
New Gravity Housing Conference features EBP!
EBP task force member Julie Banerjee plus Juanita McLaughlin and Sharon Libby from Walsh Construction Co. will give an overview of EBP, the Seattle City Light demonstration program, and takeaways to-date on implementing EB/Passive House at DESC’s
Hobson Place Phase 2 Achieves Passive House Pre-certification
Congratulations to Walsh Construction Co. and DESC for achieving Passive House Institute US PHIUS+ 2018 pre-certification on Hobson Place Phase 2 , and for reaching this important milestone as an EBP demonstration project!
More than a Unit Count: How North Lot Redefines the Affordable Housing Metric
MAGGIE CARSON, LEED AP BD + C Associate, Weber Thompson As part of Affordable Housing Week 2021, I joined Maiko Winkler Chin with SCIDpda (Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority), Joel Ing with Edge Developers,
Earth Day 2021: The Urgent Need to Challenge Assumptions
EMILY EVENSON AIA, RA, CPHD Associate, Weber Thompson Member, HDC’s Exemplary Buildings Program Task Force Chair, HDC’s Policy Advisory Group In the wake of social equity disparities coming to a head across the US, my architecture firm,
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Julie Nordgren (DESC), Juanita McLaughlin (Walsh Construction), and JoAnna Martin (Lotus Development Partners)
Women’s History Month offers EBP an opportunity to celebrate a few key players helping to bring the principles and practices of “exemplary building” to King County’s affordable housing sector. These women use their unique skills to bring
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Noelle Galicia, Weber Thompson
Noelle Galicia Project Architect Weber Thompson How long and in what ways have you been involved with HDC’s Exemplary Buildings Program? What is it about EBP that resonates with you? Since late 2019 I have been working