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Tour of Sustainable Apartments in San Francisco to Feature PATH Technologies

Along with PATH, affordable housing developer Citizens Housing Corporation (CHC) is hosting the event so that developers, designers and contractors can get a first-hand look at such innovations as a highly efficient HVAC system, fly-ash concrete, construction waste management, low- or no-VOL paints, cabinets free of urea-formaldehyde, fiber-cement siding, compact-fluorescent lighting and photovoltaic roof panels that provide the common space lighting for the complex.

The four- and five-story apartments use about 20% less energy than under California’s Title 24 standards. The project is being built in the city’s South of Market mixed-use neighborhood and parking for its residents is being reduced by 70% because it is close to public transportation. City CarShare, a fuel-efficient vehicles service for residents and community members, will use four of the parking spaces.

The development — which is expected to be finished by the early spring — will provide 98 affordable housing units for low- and very low-income residents.

For more information, e-mail Bambi Tran, or call her at 202-628-6100 x206.

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