Accessible Projects Earn Spotlight in U.S. Green Building Council 2022 LEED Homes Awards
The U.S. Green Building Council has announced recipients of its annual LEED Homes Awards, celebrating green residential projects, developers and builders using LEED to improve the quality of life for residents, reduce a homes’ impact on the environment and create healthier and more resilient communities.
Several homes built for veterans, seniors and residents with special needs have also been recognized for sustainability factors. This year’s LEED Homes Award recipients and respective categories include:
Outstanding Multifamily Projects:
Fair Oak Commons (LEED Platinum | Redwood City, Calif.): Fair Oaks Commons is a LEED Platinum project that provides affordable housing for residents in Redwood, California. With 67 studio and one-bedroom units, many units reserved for veterans and those with special needs, the project is centrally located, infill, compact and walkable with access to transit earning close to the maximum number of points for Location and Transportation.
Viamonte at Walnut Creek (LEED Gold | Walnut Creek, Calif.): Viamonte at Walnut Creek is a LEED Gold community in the San Francisco Bay Area, fostering an active, independent lifestyle for residents in the 62+ year age group. Replacing an existing suburban office building and large asphalt parking lot, the four-story, 191-unit residential community with an underground parking garage dramatically increased housing density and eliminated heat sink impacts with cool roofing and lush climate appropriate landscaping.
Outstanding Affordable Projects:
Vincent’s Village (LEED Gold | Nanuet, N.Y.): Vincent’s Village is a new $42-million affordable and supportive housing development that addresses the housing needs for seniors in Rockland County, New York. Supported with $21.9 million in financing from New York State Homes and Community Renewal, the development has 93 affordable homes with onsite health and wellness services for adults aged 55 and older.
