LEED Facilitation for Chattanooga Housing Authority

Overview

The Chattanooga Housing Authority initiated two LEED-for-Homes projects to replace dilapidated multi-family housing developments in the city. While the first project received an incentive grant, the second project was developed by a for-profit affordable housing developer with no incentive funding so residents could benefit from living in a green building. Wilmot’s proposal was chosen to facilitate LEED certification of the second project, Maple Hills Apartments, and was ultimately able to achieve Gold certification.

Wilmot’s Role

Results

  • LEED Gold certification

  • Savings from energy efficiency

Client

Chattanooga Housing Authority

Location

Chattanooga, TN

Markets

Real Estate

Services

LEED Facilitation

Wilmot led an integrated project team through a design charrette and identified that LEED Silver certification was achievable for the project. Wilmot was later asked to identify measures to reach Gold certification, which was achieved while still coming in under the initial budget. The Wilmot team made a critical contribution after discovering that the HVAC equipment was oversized, which would have caused premature equipment failure, wasted energy, and negative impact on resident health. Using the appropriately sized system not only prevented ongoing equipment performance issues and complaints but also saved the project 80% of Wilmot’s fee in the form of reduced construction costs. Fixing the error saved millions of kilowatt hours in wasted energy and costly equipment repairs over the project’s lifetime.