Resources
Important Resources and Project Information
The resources below contain cost information, press releases, presentations and case studies on winning projects. This section will continue to grow as more information on projects becomes available. Case studies for past winners are being completed now or will be in development in the future, so check back in the for new information.
What Does it Cost to Construct Buildings of Excellence?
NYSERDA intends to offer useful and impactful information related to the cost of constructing Buildings of Excellence projects. The data presented in the cost data workbook reflects project estimates of total construction cost, incremental cost (compared to identified baseline), anticipated incentives, and anticipated tax credits as well as building attribute categories which are known to impact performance. This information is intended to be used for educational purposes. Data is presented in detailed as well as aggregated forms to show correlations between identified building attributes and overall project costs. This information is preliminary and will be updated to reflect evolving project data.
Best Practices for Carbon Neutrality in Design and Construction of Multifamily Buildings
Technical Presentations:
- Presentation on Embodied Carbon in Buildings (6.21.2023)
- Presentation on Improving Total Carbon Impacts on Low Rise Multifamily Buildings (5.17.2023)
- Presentation on AAC Blocks w/in the Exterior Wall Assembly (4.19.2023)
- Presentation on Building Envelope Air and Duct Sealing (1.18.2023)
- An Analysis of Central Heat Pump Domestic Hot Water Systems (11.16.2022)
- Beyond Zero Series: Practicing the 2030 Challenge - Building Energy Exchange Event (12.15.2021)
- Whole Building Integrated Design to Cost Effectively Achieve Net Zero Energy Performance (4.21.2021)
- Simplification and Right Sizing of Ground Source Heat Pump Systems to Optimize Performance and Cost (11.18.2020)
- Cost Optimized Design of Electrified Solar Thermal DHW Systems with Air Source Heat Pump Backup (10.21.2020)
Technical Articles:
- Sustainability Resilience and Disaster - American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York State Quarterly Magazine (9.24.2021)
- Low-Carbon Buildings of Excellence are coming to a neighborhood near you – Urban Green Council (7.9.2021)
- Highlighting Passive House and Net Zero – American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York State Quarterly Magazine (11.22.2019)
Round 2 Winners
Baird Road Apartments
Press and Publications:
5.4.2021
New York Real Estate Journal
4.20.2021
Businesswire
3.19.2021
SWBR Architecture, Engineering, & Landscape Architecture PC
3.15.2021
Rochester Business Journal
3.15.2021
Staengl Engineering
Bethany Terraces Senior Houses
Colonial II Apartments Revitalization
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
4.27.2021
Beacon Communities
3.15.2021
Staengl Engineering
3.13.2021
Utica Observer Dispatch
Cooper Park Commons – Building 2
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architects and Planning
Press and Publications:
1.18.2022
Passive House Accelerator
4.22.2021
Brownstoner
4.20.2021
New York Real Estate Journal
4.5.2021
Greenline
3.22.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
3.18.2021
Steven Winter Associates
Court Square
Dekalb Commons
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architects and Planning PC
Press and Publications:
11.29.2021
Bright Power
4.22.2021
Bright Power
4.20.2021
New York Real Estate Journal
4.20.2021
Businesswire
4.5.2021
Greenline
3.22.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Event Recordings:
12.1.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Great Oaks Mixed Use Eco-Park
Press and Publications:
5.13.2021
Times Union
3.20.2021
WRBG
3.18.2021
Altamont Enterprise
3.16.2021
Albany Business Review
3.12.2021
Times Union
3.12.2021
My Twin Tears
3.11.2021
The Rosenblum Companies
Event Recordings:
4.27.2021
SUNY Albany & CASE (Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology)
Hudson Green
Press and Publications:
8.22.2021
Tribune
4.23.2021
Bright Power
4.20.2021
Businesswire
3.11.2021
Westhab, Inc.
Johnson Park Green Community Apartments
Press and Publications:
5.4.2021
New York Real Estate Journal
3.19.2021
SWBR
3.13.2021
Utica Observer Dispatch
Linden Boulevard Phase III
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architects and Planning PC
Press and Publications:
4.24.2021
Bright Power
4.20.2021
New York Real Estate Journal
4.20.2021
Businesswire
3.22.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Event Recordings:
12.1.2021
New York Passive House Architect's Focus
Solara Apartments Phase III
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
3.17.2021
Daily Gazette
3.12.2021
Times Union
3.12.2021
My Twin Tiers
3.12.2021
WTEN
The Rise
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Press and Publications:
4.20.2021
NYREJ
4.20.2021
Businesswire
4.20.2021
Bright Power
4.2.2021
Xenolith Partners
3.22.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Event Recordings:
12.6.2021
New York Passive House Architects Focus
West Side Homes
Round 1 Winners
1182 Woodycrest Development
2050 Grand Course
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architects and Planning
Press and Publications:
5.20.2021
Bright Power
2.4.2021
Bright Power
2.3.2021
City Reality
2.3.2020
BlueMedium
1.21.2020
New York Yimby
1.16.2020
NYS Homes and Community Renewable
Marketing Materials:
12.19.2019
BlueMedium
Event Recordings:
12.1.2021
New York Passive House: Mainstreaming High Performance
425 Grand Concourse
Case Studies:
Marketing Materials:
Press and Publications:
7.19.2021
New York YIMBY
7.19.2021
Norwood News
7.15.2021
Real Estate Weekly
7.14.2021
CISION
2.1.2021
eFlowUSA
1.29.2021
City Realty
Event Recordings:
10.6.2021
Building Energy Exchange Beyond Zero Series: Big Buildings, Big Impacts
4.27.2021
Passive House Accelerator Construction Tech Tuesday
515 East 86th Street
Bushwick Alliance
Case Studies:
RiseBoro Community Partnership
Press and Publications:
12.1.2019
St. Nicks Alliance
Event Recordings:
5.27.2020
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Housing Communities
CreekView Apartments Phase II
Engine 16
Case Studies:
Marketing Materials:
Press and Publications:
4.22.2020
City Realty
11.5.2019
EIN Presswire
Event Recordings:
2.2.2022
Passive House Accelerator Passive House Live
11.5.2021
Passive House Accelerator Virtual Tour of Engine 16
1.8.2020
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Passive House Retrofits
Flow Chelsea 211 West 29th Street
Geneva Solar Village
Case Studies:
New York Housing Conference
Press and Publications:
12.12.2019
Finger Lake Times
12.11.2019
FingerLakes1
HELP ONE
Press and Publications:
5.5.2020
Bright Power
3.17.2020
AIA New York State
Event Recordings:
5.27.2020
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Housing Communities
La Central Building C
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
The Hudson Companie Incorporated
Event Recordings:
5.12.20
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Greening the Bronx
Linden Boulevard Phase II
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Press and Publications:
12.19.19
BlueMedium
Event Recordings:
12.6.2021
New York Passive House Architect’s Focus
12.1.2021
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Linden Grove
North Miller Passive House
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
7.2.2020
Passive House Alliance Hudson Valley
6.28.2020
Times Herald Record
6.26.2020
The Figure Ground Studio
2.19.2020
Times Hudson Valley Media
Event Recordings:
6.23.2020
Urban Myth Construction Ribbon Cutting
1.8.2020
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Passive House Retrofits
Park Avenue Green
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
3.29.2021
Urban Land
9.11.2020
Buildings NY
1.28.2020
Bright Power
Event Recordings:
5.12.2020
Building Energy Exchange
Park Haven
Case Studies:
Monadnock Construction, Inc.
Press and Publications:
11.10.2021
Bronx Times
9.11.2020
Multi-Housing News
12.15.2019
New York Yimby
Perdita Flats
Press and Publications:
1.19.2020
Ithacating in Cornell Heights
12.16.2019
Sustainable Finger Lakes
11.22.2019
AIA New York State Quarterly
Rheingold Senior Housing
Case Studies:
Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
Press and Publications:
12.22.2021
Architectural Record
11.23.2021
New York Yimby
11.22.2021
Brooklyn Paper
9.24.2021
AIA New York State Quarterly
4.21.2021
Bright Power
3.17.2021
Passive House Accelerator Low Carbon Construction
12.19.2019
Blue Medium
Event Recordings:
12.1.2021
New York Passive House
Sendero Verde Building A
Case Studies:
Marketing Materials:
Tour the Construction of this NYC Affordable Housing Development
Press and Publications:
2.7.2022
Global Design News
12.16.2021
CityRealty
11.9.2021
American Architecture Awards
11.2.2021
Handel Architects
9.14.2021
The Architect’s Newspaper
7.4.2021
New York YIMBY
6.29.2021
Real Estate Weekly
5.6.2021
The Architect’s Newspaper
1.11.2021
Passive House Accelerator
3.17.2020
AIA New York State
3.6.2020
Curbed
12.19.2019
The Architect’s Newspaper
11.23.2020
New York YIMBY
10.31.2019
Handel Architects
Event Recordings:
10.6.2021
Building Energy Exchange Beyond Zero Series: Big Buildings, Big Impacts
2.12.2020
Building Energy Exchange Buildings of Excellence: Large Scale Passive House
Solara Apartments Phase II
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
5.20.2020
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
4.16.2019
NYSERDA
4.16.2019
Daily Gazette
St. Marks Passive House
Case Studies:
Cycle Architecture and Planning
Press and Publications:
2.25.2021
Brownstoner
1.27.2020
Cycle Architecture and Planning
Event Recordings:
6.9.2021
Passive House Accelerator Global Happy Hour
Street Smart
The Seventy-Six Building C
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
5.4.2021
CISION
4.22.2021
News Atlas
4.10.2021
Yanko Design
3.12.2021
Times Union
3.12.2021
My Twin Tiers
Tree of Life
Press and Publications:
10.31.2021
eFlowUSA
3.17.2020
American Institute of Architects New York City
10.12.2019
GF55 Architects
10.12.2019
The Bluestone Organization
Village Grove
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
1.27.2021
FingerLakes1
12.1.2019
REWIND 107.7
10.30.2019
The Ithaca Voice
Westgate Apartments
Zero Place
Case Studies:
Press and Publications:
10.13.2020
Contractor
9.28.2020
New York Geothermal Energy Organization
12.23.2019
Hudson Valley One
12.15.2019
Daily Freeman