Green Housing Initiative

The Network launched the Green Housing Initiative in 2010 to assist Network members in their efforts to build, preserve and maintain more sustainable and energy efficient supportive housing. 

Providers understand the need to conserve energy and resources, create healthier environments for tenants and achieve broad environmental objectives within the greater supportive housing mission. These goals are being achieved through new construction, capital improvements, building operations and management, changes in tenant behavior and programming. They are being spurred by funding incentives and regulatory requirements. The Network assists with sustainable building goals and provides a venue for Network members to share experiences, contacts and knowledge about new opportunities and innovative green practices.  

Keep the Network posted on your concerns and activities. This website will continue to expand to include more resources, building profiles, case studies, areas of interest, news and events. We hope to better serve and hear more from all our members, especially those in Upstate New York.

Green Supportive Housing

Tactics to achieve greener buildings, technical assistance and links to a range of issues related to green building design, upgrades, operations and maintenance, funding programs and policies.

Living Green: Education and Training

Create an integrated, agency-wide strategy to improve energy consumption and maintain sustainable practices in supportive housing buildings through education, training and programmed activities for tenants and staff.

Network/AEA Partnership

The Network’s expansion into energy efficiency and sustainable services is the result of a successful partnership with the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) during the 2009-2012 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read more about this partnership.

To learn how you and your organization can get involved, contact Ariel Krasnow and Johanna Walczyk at the Network.