North View Apartments near completion; earns energy efficient certifications
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Bowman Constructors is close to completing North View Apartments, a new 24-unit senior housing project located at 185 Summer Street. Applications are now being accepted for move-in by September – less than one year after breaking ground.
Funding for the $5 million project is being provided by Maine State Housing Authority, USDA-Rural Development and Low Income Housing Tax Credit investment from Boston Capital. The construction lender is Machias Savings Bank.
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NORTH VIEW APARTMENTS — The North View Apartments on Summer Street in Dover-Foxcroft, are nearing completion less than a year after ground was broken. Those involved with the construction have worked to meet the needs of residents while also being mindful of the environmental impact of the building.
WBRC Architects-Engineers in cooperation with the construction management team at Bowman Constructors have created a facility that provides for the needs of senior citizens while being mindful of the environmental impact of the 20,500 square foot building.
North View is a Net Zero design building — the total amount of energy consumed on site by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy generated on the site. Features that make this possible include an aggressively tight energy envelope built with meticulous attention to construction detail and a solar photovoltaic power system to deliver on-site energy sufficient for heat, hot water and all other domestic uses. Design features also include electric heat, spray foam insulation, triple glaze windows and full building mechanical heat recovery units.
Significantly, the North View Apartments project is seeking certifications under five major “green building/energy efficient” programs. These include ENERGY STAR, LEED for Homes, the National Green Building Standard for Residential Construction, ENTERPRISE Green Communities and the Department of Energy “Zero Energy Ready Home.” Only a select few projects in the US have received certification under all of these programs. Besides emphasizing energy efficiency, these programs promote healthy indoor environmental air quality.
From design development through construction, a team of consultants including TOMe LLC, Horizon Residential Energy Services – Maine, and The Resilient Buildings Group has assisted in bringing North View to reality. The team provided design assistance and energy modeling plus construction monitoring and performance testing during construction.
North View evolved as part of a national competition in which USDA-RD offered to make available funds towards construction and operation of the most energy efficient buildings proposed with the goal of “Net Zero”. North View was a national winner of the competition – no other proposal in the entire U.S. scored higher than the North View proposal.
Each unit of this two story building has an eat-in kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. The common area of the building includes a community room with a kitchen, an entry lobby and vestibule, a lobby office, storage rooms, laundry room, mailbox slots and a centrally located passenger elevator.
Realty Resources Management is now pre-leasing for September. Eligible applicants must be at least 62 or disabled to qualify, in addition to meeting income requirements. Income based rental assistance will be provided by the USDA-Rural Development program. For more information regarding application, contact Realty Resources Management at 1-800-388-8538.