{"id":790,"date":"2017-01-17T11:17:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=790"},"modified":"2017-01-17T11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:17:44","slug":"mea-road-trip-to-the-housing-authority-of-crisfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2017\/01\/17\/mea-road-trip-to-the-housing-authority-of-crisfield\/","title":{"rendered":"MEA Road Trip to the Housing Authority of Crisfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brandon Bowser<\/a>
\nMEA Program Manager
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The Maryland Energy Administration was invited to tour the Housing Authority of Crisfield apartment complex during an extreme energy efficiency makeover.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>A total of 330 apartments were given a Quick Home Energy Checkups (QHECs) to determine the most effective means for upgrade.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Maryland Energy Administration provided a $305,000.00 Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income Grant to SAFE Housing, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the health, safety, and efficiency of low-to-moderate income residences, to assist with the energy enhancements. Once complete, \u00a0<\/span>this project will result in 168,480 kilowatt hours of electricity savings and <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>1,319 MMBTU of gas savings for the Housing Authority. Moreover, the energy upgrade measures will equal a cost savings of over $35,000 per year<\/strong> or a 12% reduction in its energy usage.<\/span><\/p>\n

SAFE Housing was able to perform weatherization upgrades on 70 of the 330 units and install the following measures on all 330 units using the grant funds:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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SAFE Housing will continue to upgrade the air sealing on the attics, doors, and windows and increase insulation levels to R-49 with blown fiberglass. The pre-existing insulation from 1962 had an R-Value of zero. SAFE Housing plans to apply to the 2017 Clean Energy Communities Low-to-Moderate Income Grant Program for funding to continue upgrading the units.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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