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Nonprofit housing
developer Resources for
Community Development
is no newcomer to building green homes.
Even so, senior
project manager Carolyn Bookhart is particularly proud of Shinsei Gardens,
a new complex of four apartment buildings clustered...
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Nonprofit housing
developer Resources for
Community Development
is no newcomer to building green homes.
Even so, senior
project manager Carolyn Bookhart is particularly proud of Shinsei Gardens,
a new complex of four apartment buildings clustered around a spacious
courtyard.
Built on the former U.
S.
Navy Fleet Industrial Supply Center in
Alameda, California, the 39 apartments serve low income households, with
priority given to veterans.
“We took a really holistic perspective,” said Bookhart of RCD’s approach
to developing Shinsei Gardens.
“We looked at the whole thing and made
good choices” in every facet of the project from waste reduction, energy
efficiency and indoor air quality through water use and landscaping.
She
credits the extensive green experience of RCD’s design and construction
teams as well as evolution in the green building industry with making it
possible to meet increasingly ambitious green building and landscaping
goals.
“We’re all getting more sophistica
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