$321 million of “green housing’ at Peterson
Published April 7, 2008 by CSBJ Staff
Peterson Air Force Base will begin construction on a $321 million sustainable energy housing project Thursday.
Nearly 600 homes will be built and 53 renovated to house Peterson personnel and their families.
New homes will be built with tankless water heaters and will include ENERGY STAR appliances, home office spaces with technology niches, covered porches for integrated indoor/outdoor living and master bedroom suites.
Plans also include solid waste recycling and water saving devices that will reduce consumption by 30 percent.
Filed under CSBJ Daily, Energy, Military
Thank you for sharing this valuable information. Very nice to see PAFB leadership in green building and recognizing its merits. Can you provide the linke to the official announcement?
By my calculation, that is approximately $ 491,500 per residence. Somehow I don’t think this extra expense will ever be made up in energy savings.
RE:anonymous’ comments
The $321 million quoted in the article covers the land development, construction and operations for the 6 and one half years of the development period at all three bases in the Tierra Vista Communities project. That would be the 652 homes at PAFB, the 242 homes at SAFB and the renovation and remodeling of 527 homes at Los Angeles AFB, plus three community centers and numerous parks, trails and open space amenities. It also includes the project staff and offices. I can understand how anonymous came to the erroneous conclusions in the comment and hope this helps to clarify the article.
Jim Mullen
Project Director,
Tierra Vista Communities