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EPILOGUE DESIGNING FOR ZERO CARBON, VOL. 2 Cedar Springs Apartments, La Verne Affordable Housing for Very-Low-Income Tenants
Number of Floors: 2
Gross Floor Area: 32,770 gsf
Fully Occupied: October 2016
Number of Units: 36 - 20 (1BR), 8 (2BR), 8 (3BR) in three separate buildings
Heating / Cooling System: Ducted mini-split heat pump in each unit.
DHW System: For each building, solar thermal system with centralized heat pump water heater.
Project Team
Client:
A Community of Friends (ACOF) Los Angeles
Architect:
Gonzalez Goodale Architects, Pasadena
MEP Engineer:
S Y Lee Associates
Energy Modeling Con- sultant:
Green Dinosaur
Modeled EUI (Site)
21.5 kBtu/sf-year
Modeled Annual Energy Use:
206,300 kWh
Measured EUI (Site)
15.0 kBtu/sf-year
On-Site Renewable En- ergy System Installed
109 kW
Measured On-Site Re- newable Energy Pro- duction
197,047 kWh/year
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