LEED Platinum Certified, Affordable Urban Midrise
May 17, 2019
CEUs: 3.0 AIA LU/HSW pending; certificates of attendance provided to all attendees
Price: $25 NESEA Members/$35 for non-members
Register for the NESEA Pro Tour
This Pro Tour will bring attendees to Creston Avenue Residences, a LEED Platinum Certified, 66-unit development with 21 units set aside for chronically homeless adults. This building, designed event host Magnusson Architecture and Planning, is one of the few Platinum Supportive Housing buildings in the US. It is also the first building funded by the New York State Medicaid Redesign Team Housing Capital Program. Attendees will learn about the project's design and funding history, social and environmental goals, sustainable features, and the first three years of performance data.
Project Details:
- Units: 66
- Square Footage: 62,535
- Type of Construction: New
- 38 kW Roof-mounted Solar PV Array
- Green roof, including rain-water harvesting system for irrigating onsite landscaping
- High-efficiency boiler, PTAC units, low-E thermally broken Energy Star windows, continuous exterior insulation to generate savings within operation budget
- Brick and metal panel façade punctuated by vertical shade structures
- Special materials include: formaldehyde-free products and low-VOC paints, sealants and stains, bamboo flooring in apartments, gypsum board with a high amount of post consumer recycled content and concrete using 30% fly ash.
- 2015 Best in American Living Award
- 2015 AIANY COTE Award Honorable Mention
- 2015 Building Award, Queens Bronx Building Association
- 2015 SARA Celebration of Architecture and Design Award
- 2015 Brick in Architecture Award
- 2015 Builder’s Choice Merit Award
- 2016 Society of American Registered Architects New York Council Design Award of Merit
- 2017 AIA-Brooklyn Queens Design Award of Excellence
- 2017 SHNNY Project of the Year
- 2017 Multi-Housing News’ Excellence Award
- 2017 AIA Quad State Design Award
This project has been recognized with the following awards:
If you have questions about this event, you can contact Florence at
Bronx, New York