Livingston Apartments Phase II
Albany County
Showcasing a Replicable Approach to Sustainable and Resilient Affordable Housing
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Livingston Apartments Phase II
Blue Ribbon Design Excellence Award Winner
317 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 12206
4 Stories
80 Affordable units
69,169 Total sq ft.
- New Construction
- Anticipated Completion: 2028
- Total project cost: $25,382,385
- Total project cost per sq ft: $366.96
- Award: $1,000,000
- Phius CORE Certification
- ENERGY STAR
- Multifamily New Construction Program
- DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes
- Indoor airPLUS
- Disadvantaged Community Location
- NYS DEC Potential Environmental Justice Area Location
Project Description
Livingston Apartments Phase II is a new four-story multifamily housing project consisting of 80 units and spanning 69,169 square feet. The property is located within a designated disadvantaged community in Albany on the historic Philip Livingston Magnet Academy, which was previously converted to affordable housing in 2015. The new construction project will be the sixth partnership between WinnDevelopment and Soldier On, a nonprofit organization providing housing and social services to formerly unhoused veterans. The property’s outdoor courtyard space and hydroponic greenhouse aims to foster a healthy community atmosphere for residents.
The project is pursuing low-income housing tax credits and is committed to achieving both NYS Housing and Community Renewal’s Sustainability Guidelines as well as Passive House certification. This will serve as an important and replicable precedent for clean and resilient low-income housing development in New York by utilizing technologies such as geothermal, battery storage, and prefabricated framing components.
Project Status: Schematic Design
Market Sector: Low-Rise Multifamily
Developed by: SoldierOn (opens in new window) & WinnDevelopment (opens in new window)
Designed by: SWBR (opens in new window)
Notable Technical Attributes
- High-performance envelope
- Triple-pane windows
- Slab insulation to be recycled glass aggregate product called Glavel
- Heating/cooling – ground source heat pumps (GSHP)
- Domestic hot water – CO2 heat pump
- Centralized energy recovery ventilation (ERV)
- Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) 13 Filtration
- Constant air regulators (CAR) dampers, demand control ventilation
- Battery storage system
- Grid-interactive efficient building (GEB) and connected thermostats
- Onsite solar photovoltaic (PV) – 137kilowatt (kW) solar PV capacity
- Hydroponic greenhouse
Resilience, Passive and Active Survivability
- Building will be located outside of the 500-year floodplain
- During power outages mechanical ventilation will be supplied to area(s) of refuge only, including the community room mini splits, wall outlets, and kitchenette
- Storm water managed through permeable and native planted surfaces
Site Features
- Five electric vehicle charging stations
- Within ¼ mile of a bus stop
- Within ½ mile of other mass transit
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