Creekview Apartments
Ontario County
Decarbonizing Family Housing: Operational and Embodied Emissions Reduction Strategies in CreekView Phase II and Beyond
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Creekview Apartments
1012 Woodland Park Circle, Canandaigua, NY
2 Stories
72 Market rate units
69,384 Total sq ft.
- Sustainable Comfort, Inc.
- New Construction
- Anticipated Completion: 2027
- EDS Award: $100,000
- PHIUS
- ENERGY STAR - Multifamily New Construction
Key Scope Items Studied:
- Coordinated trade energy efficient design
- Passive House feasibility
- System design including ventilation and geothermal
- Battery future readiness
- Interior air quality enhancements via material selection, ventilation and air sealing
- Energy modeling
- Cost effectiveness of incentives, utility and rent splits, construction, operation and equipment
Project Description
Key Findings
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CreekView Apartments, located at 1012 Woodland Park Circle in Canandaigua, NY, is a 72-unit, two-story multifamily housing development. Led by Sustainable Comfort, Inc. in partnership with Baldwin Real Estate Development Corp and SWBR Architecture, this affordable housing project will meet Passive House standards, targeting PHIUS 2021 certification. The development will be all-electric, featuring a high-performance envelope with triple-pane windows, Energy Star appliances, and energy-efficient LED lighting increasing thermal comfort. Geothermal HVAC with a water-source heat pump system and rooftop solar panels will make the building net-zero energy, producing 83% of its energy needs. Additional features include individual entrances, private patios, electric vehicle charging stations, and secure bike storage. The project will also incorporate future battery storage capabilities, a dedicated DHW system, and an ERV ventilation system to ensure enhanced indoor air quality. Resiliency is a key focus, with cold climate survivability measures, passive survivability for power outages, and design strategies that allow residents to shelter in place during extreme weather. The development is located near transit, shopping centers, and downtown, offering easy access to community amenities. The construction is scheduled to begin in winter 2024, with completion expected by winter 2026.
Design Team Lead
Sustainable Comfort, Inc (opens in new window)
Project Team
Developer: Baldwin Real Estate Development Corp
Architect: SWBR
Early Design Support Project Scope
Funded Early Design Support study for CreekView Apartments focuses on optimizing energy efficiency and sustainability through a coordinated approach to trade design and system integration. The study evaluates the feasibility of Passive House principles, ensuring the project meets high-performance standards. It includes detailed system design for ventilation and geothermal systems, as well as preparing for future battery storage readiness. Interior air quality enhancements are prioritized through careful material selection, advanced ventilation strategies, and air sealing techniques. Energy modeling is conducted to ensure optimal performance, while cost-effectiveness is assessed across various factors, including available incentives, utility and rent splits, construction, operation, and equipment. This comprehensive study aims to ensure the project’s long-term energy efficiency and financial viability while meeting the needs of its residents.
Decarbonizing Family Housing: Operational and Embodied Emissions Reduction Strategies in CreekView Phase II and Beyond
CreekView Apartments Phase II is the continuation of the development of a high-performance passive house community in Canandaigua. CreekView Phase II is striving to lower overall carbon emissions and achieve near Net-Zero energy performance while driving down the cost of high-performance building. The NYSERDA Early-Stage Design Funding was utilized to quantify the deep carbon reductions compared to past projects of this type in the Baldwin Real Estate portfolio, which consists of:
- Riverknoll III: Completed in 2016, LEED Silver with Energy Star level insulation, gas fired heating and hot water, and traditional construction methods.
- CreekView Phase I: Completed in 2019, Certified to Phius 2015 demonstrated the viability of passive construction.
- CreekView Phase II: Currently in construction, this 72-unit project includes Phius-level insulation and air sealing with ground source heat pump mechanical systems, shared ERV’s, and roof mounted PV systems to reduce overall carbon emissions.
Using carbon emissions modeling in WUFI and [VV1.1]Ekotrope for operational carbon and BEAM for embodied carbon, the 3 projects have been compared for their overall carbon impact over a 10-year period. Additionally, Sustainable Comfort explored what a theoretical future project could achieve with a focus on lowering up-front embodied carbon with a shift toward bio-based carbon storing materials to turn the entire project toward net carbon storage through sequestration of bio-based waste materials. The portfolio of 8-plex projects has shown a dramatic decrease in carbon emissions from [VV2.1]Riverknoll to CreekView Phase II design. The study will highlight each project performance and walk through the decarbonization features that lead to the continued reduction in carbon emissions including Creekview Phase II’s [VV3.1]dramatic reduction of both operational and embodied carbon through advanced Passive House construction, ground source heat pumps, shared energy recovery systems, and rooftop solar. The study will end with an exploration of what it might mean to continue to regenerative bio-based design in the future.
The Buildings of Excellence Early Design Support Program
Buildings of Excellence Early Design Support (EDS) Partners are qualified design firms that are elevating new design approaches for a zero emission future in New York’s multifamily buildings that prioritize occupant health, safety, and comfort. Partners are eligible to receive up to $1.50/square foot in direct funding per project, up to a cap of $150,000 per project, to complete carbon neutral research, modeling, early-stage applications for third party standards, economic analyses, integrated project delivery meetings, and more robust marketing and promotion plans to disseminate information out to the market.
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