Pecan Acres Achieved: NGBS Silver, ENERGY STAR, DOE ZERO Energy Ready Home, and Indoor AirPlus

Congratulations to the entire project team on Pecan Acres Phase II achieving NGBS Silver, ENERGY STAR, DOE Efficient New Homes, and Indoor AirPlus Certification.

Pecan Acres demonstrates how green building certifications can support both sustainable and affordable housing while also creating opportunities to access funding and financing incentives.

For affordable housing developers, green building certifications can also connect directly to funding opportunities and financing incentives. Programs such as Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and Housing Opportunity Tax Credits (HOTC), as well as programs administered through Virginia DHCD (Department of Housing and Community Development), may incorporate energy efficiency and green building requirements into their funding criteria.

That’s why it’s important to bring your green building consultant into the project early in the planning process. Understanding certification requirements from the start can help teams align their design and construction strategies with funding requirements and identify opportunities early.

At RunBrook, we help affordable housing teams navigate NGBS, ENERGY STAR, and other green building certifications while identifying opportunities to align sustainability goals with available funding programs.

Green building can be more than a certification. It can be part of the funding strategy.