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State College Community Land Trust Announced as a Winner of USGBC Central Pennsylvania’s 2018 Leader Awards

9/12/2018

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State College Community Land Trust Announced as a Winner of USGBC Central Pennsylvania’s 2018 Leader Awards
 
State College, PA – September 13, 2018– The State College Community Land Trust’s (SCCLT) GreenBuild Duplex has been named a winner in the Innovative Project, Residential Category in the 2018 US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Central Pennsylvania Leader Awards, honoring people and projects in our region that advance sustainable building. The USGBC Central PA chapter will name the 2018 award winners at the 2018 Forever Green ceremony and dinner (https://www.usgbc.org/event/forever-green) on Thursday, November 1 at The Civic Club of Harrisburg. The Leader Awards focus on green schools, historic preservation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable development, LEED and more.
 
The USGBC Central Pennsylvania Leader Awards is the premier awards program in the region recognizing innovation and leadership within the green building community. Awards categories include: LEED Project of the Year, Improving the Acceptance of Green, Innovative Project; New Construction, Innovative Project; Residential, Climate Champion, Green School of the Year, Rise to the Challenge, Commercial Project of the Year, Greenest Apple, Community Changemaker, and Sustainable Leader of the Year. Finalists are selected by a diverse group of experienced judges and, from that group of finalists, one winner from each category is awarded.
 
“When we started the project, some people questioned whether building one duplex would make a significant contribution to the affordable housing market,” said project Chair, Peg Hambrick. “Since we have completed the building and opened the project to professional and community visitors, I hear comments about applying GreenBuild’s concepts to their own projects. I am confident that this prototype has sparked interest in building green throughout the Centre Region and beyond.”
 
The Hamer Center for Community Design/Energy Efficient Housing Research Group, one of several GreenBuild collaborators, submitted the project. Other collaborators on the project were the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, the Borough of State College, Centre County Government, S&T Bank and many generous donors. Architecture and administrative services were provided by Henry Architecture and Design, and Weber Murphy Fox, Inc. The homes were constructed by Envinity, Inc.
 
Forever Green is an annual awards program honoring innovative sustainable design. Finalists were selected by a diverse group of experienced judges and, from that group of finalists, one winner from each category will be awarded. The USGBC Central Pennsylvania seeks to inspire sustainable transformation in Central Pennsylvania through the built environment. The State College Community Land Trust is a first-time homebuyer program in the State College Borough. Since its founding in 1996 it has helped 65 households to achieve the dream of homeownership, and preserved 43 homes in its innovative, shared equity model.
 
For more information on the USGBC Central Pennsylvania Leader Awards, please visit www.usgbc.org/articles/2018-usgbc-central-pennsylvania-leader-award-recipients-announced. For more information about the State College Community Land Trust, and GreenBuild, visit www.scclandtrust.org.

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State College Community Land Trust's GreenBuild Homes Receive DOE Zero-Energy Ready Home Certification

9/10/2018

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State College Community Land Trust Homes Achieve DOE’s Zero-Energy Ready Home Certification
Third party testing determines GreenBuild homes have highest level of energy efficiency
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State College, PA, September 10, 2018:  The State College Community Land Trust (SCCLT) announces that its GreenBuild homes have been certified through the Department of Energy (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Homes (ZERH) program. ZERH status certifies that the GreenBuild homes are high performing homes so energy efficient that all or most annual energy consumption is offset with renewable energy. DOE ZERHs are verified by a qualified third-party and are at least 40%-50% more energy efficient than a typical new home. This generally corresponds to a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index Score in the low to mid-50s, depending on the size of the home and region in which it is built. Each GreenBuild home has a HERS score of -4.
“GreenBuild is expanding the definition of sustainability and affordability, and increasing access of high-performance technology to more types of homeowners,” said Colleen Ritter, Executive Director of SCCLT. “We are extremely proud to have achieved this Zero Energy Ready status as it is a huge accomplishment for sustainability in our community. Achieving Zero Energy Ready Home status is a tremendous compliment to our commitment of providing affordable homeownership opportunities over the short and long terms.”
GreenBuild demonstrates SCCLT’s intent to expand homeownership opportunities to middle-income buyers while increasing the energy efficiency of homes in their portfolio. SCCLT is actively acquiring and preserving homes throughout the Borough of State College.  As housing becomes less affordable region-wide, SCCLT continues to place homes in trust that will remain permanently affordable, and is currently exploring ways to apply the lessons of GreenBuild to energy efficient retrofits to their other 41 homes.  
GreenBuild was created through collaboration between SCCLT, the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, the Borough of State College, Penn State Hamer Center for Community Design/Energy Efficient Housing Research Group, Centre County Government, S&T Bank and many generous donors. Architecture and administrative services were provided by Henry Architecture and Design, and Weber Murphy Fox, Inc. The homes were constructed by Envinity, Inc.
About State College Community Land Trust:  Since its founding in 1996, the SCCLT has been “building community through homeownership” providing first-time home buyers with affordable housing opportunities in the Borough of State College.  In the past 22 years the SCCLT has purchased 41 houses and rehabilitated them for sale or resale to individuals, couples, and families. The nonprofit organization assisted over 65 households in obtaining the dream of homeownership with an innovative shared equity program. The SCCLT is a 501(c)3 organization. 
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September 05th, 2018

9/5/2018

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GreenBuild is featured on the FirstEnergy's Builder Showcase
http://energysavepa-newhomes.com/builders-showcase-homes/university-drive-state-college-pa/


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Energy Star certification is first step to ZERHs status

8/8/2018

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Both GreenBuild homes received ENERGY STAR Certification from the EPA in mid-July. This certification is a necessary prerequisite for both the EPA's Indoor airPLUS and WaterSense programs, as well as the Department of Energy's Zero Energy Ready Homes (ZERHs) Program, each of which are programs GreenBuild is pursuing for certification. The final step in completing the ENERGY STAR certification process is to undergo 3rd party testing and verification of efficiency measurements. This thirrd party verification took place last Friday. Now that the GreenBuild homes are verified as exceeding the ENERGY STAR standard for efficiency, final submissions will be made to the remaining certification programs. Third party verification was performed by folks from Pennsylvania's Energy Efficient New Homes Program through First Energy, and Cornerstone Energy Conservation Services in Columbus, OH. Cornerstone Energy Conservation Services checked all testing equipment calibration before the First Energy rep performed the actual test. For those who are curious, the result of the blower door test was 208 CFM at 50 pascuals, around 1 ACH50. Photos from the testing are below:
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GreenBuild closing

7/30/2018

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The buyers of GreenBuild closed on their homes on Friday, July 27. In honor of their moving in, here are some fictional renderings of the homes furnished, by local real estate photographer Stephanie Girouard of Homes2Vu. There was no furniture in the homes when these photos were taken, so Stephanie used photos of the empty homes, some software and her designer's eye to digitally stage these spaces.
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GreenBuild finished photos

6/22/2018

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Raised bed gardens, before and after

6/19/2018

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GreenBuild Open House Weekend, 05.20.18

6/16/2018

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GreenBuild Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 05.18.18

6/15/2018

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Rain Garden Installation

6/4/2018

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On Thursday 5/31 Centre County Master Gardener and Clearwater Conservancy Volunteer Terry Melton and an army of enthusiastic helpers braved high temperatures and humidity to install over 200 donated native and water friendly plants in 2 rain gardens at GreenBuild. Check out their progress, and the finished product after a couple of weeks of settling in.
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