Green Tech : Development News

DC has been selected by a West coast nonprofit to participate in a net-positive-energy affordable housing pilot project.

The charter school now has 550 rooftop solar panels producing 200,000 kWh of electricity per year.

The "Village Green" bench will provide real-time readings on levels of fine particle pollution, ozone, wind speed and direction, temperature, and humidity. It's at the National Zoo now.

The "Weinberg Commons" is a retrofit of three blighted buildings in Ward 7. When they're restored, they'll serve as housing for 36 formerly homeless or low-income families who'll pay almost nothing for utilities.

The American Society of Landscape Architects is installing a Green Streets Demonstration Project on Eye Street NW.

KIPP DC's  high school is relocating from the charter school's Anacostia campus to a new building on Brentwood Parkway NE.

The District has channelled $4.5 million in the past year toward projects that will create a more sustainable city. Over the coming weeks, we'll be looking at the ways buildings are being retrofitted, green facilities are being built, and more.

The Mayor and other officials celebrated the Phase III groundbreaking of Sheridan Station, the redevelopment of a vacant public housing site into more than 200 mixed-income condos and townhouses.

Construction has started on 17 Solar, a unique development project at 401-417 H Street NE with 26 residences that integrate solar energy and other high-efficiency features.