Anesco awarded two housing association contracts
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Anesco awarded two housing association contracts
(PRWEB UK) 31 October 2012
National energy efficiency solutions company, Anesco, is celebrating after being appointed to manage green upgrades for Westward Housing Group in the south west.
Westward’s two housing associations, Tarka and Westcountry, have awarded contracts to Anesco to undertake a range of improvements in tenant properties, after successfully bidding for funding through the Government’s Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme.
The funding has come from the Department of Energy and Climate Change(DECC) which recently put an additional £10m towards a second round of RHPP for social landlords.
Anesco will manage the installation of a range of energy efficiency measures in the tenant properties. For Westcountry they will manage the installation of solar thermal systems, while for Tarka they install a mix of air source heat pumps and solar thermal systems.
Matthew Tunstall, head of energy efficiency at Anesco, said: “We’re delighted to be appointed by Tarka and Westcountry Housing to manage these upgrades. The energy efficiency measures we are installing will not only help to reduce carbon emissions, but will help some of the poorest households to save vital money on spiralling energy bills.”
He added: “We have a strong relationship with both housing associations, having completed other projects for them in recent months and we’re delighted to see that partnership continuing.”
In 2011 Anesco worked with Westcountry on a build project which was one of the largest social housing energy schemes of its kind in the UK. This included the installation and management of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roofs of over 500 Westcountry properties, encompassing sheltered housing schemes, domestic properties and blocks of flats.
Tony Sharland, Westcountry’s Head of Asset Management said, “Helping to manage and wherever possible reduce energy costs is one of the vital services that we provide to our customers, so our main priority was to ensure that the contractor we selected would provide a high standard of service and achieve value for money.
“Anesco working in partnership with Westcountry and Tarka Housing has demonstrated that it is dedicated to providing a high quality, customer-focused service and we look forward to working together with them to introduce a range of energy efficiency measures designed to meet the future needs of our customers, whilst helping them minimise the impact of rising energy costs.”
The RHPP scheme aims to encourage uptake of domestic renewable heat installations across different building stock and demographics, while helping to reduce carbon emissions. The DECC also plans to use the data it captures to learn more about the use and impact of such technologies.
For more information about Anesco visit http://www.anesco.co.uk
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About Anesco
Anesco is a national company dedicated to helping homeowners, local authorities and businesses reduce carbon emissions.
Anesco provides companies with a comprehensive energy service from audits through to recommendations, installations and capital funding plans.
Its team can provide everything from insulation solutions, solar PV, ground source heat pumps together with micro generation design, installation and maintenance.
For further information call 0845 8944444 or email: info(at)anesco(dot)co(dot)uk
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Novogradac & Company LLP to Host Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference Nov. 29-30 in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Novogradac & Company LLP to Host Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference Nov. 29-30 in Las Vegas, Nev.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2012
On November 29-30, affordable housing leaders from across the country will gather at the Four Seasons Las Vegas to examine innovative and vital solutions that lead to successful projects, as well as how the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) is a crucial part of the equation. Developers, lenders, investors, accountants, attorneys, agency officials and other members of the affordable housing industry come together each year for Novogradac & Company LLP’s Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference, where they discuss industry and market changes, strategies, public policy and the very latest in LIHTC development financing.
“Everyone in the affordable housing industry knows how important it is to collectively reflect on our industry practices so that we can continue to identify ways to deal with new challenges and grow our level of knowledge and expertise, especially related to financial matters,” says Mike Morrison, conference chair and partner in the San Francisco office of Novogradac & Company LLP. “As affordable housing practitioners face greater challenges, and as transactions become more sophisticated, engineering a project that pencils out has become an increasingly complex undertaking. The Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference gives attendees the opportunity to share their ideas while diving into the the types of innovative financing that will lead to the development of more affordable housing.”
The information presented at the conference, both practical and theoretical, is designed to benefit those of all levels of knowledge and experience. Expert panelists—industry veterans hand-picked for their expertise—will focus on newly passed and upcoming legislation, the current debt and equity markets and other hot topics, including limited partner issues in Year 15, twinning LIHTCs and renewable energy tax credits and blending HUD subsidies into a project’s financing.
The event will also feature three pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, Nov. 28: LIHTC 101: The Basics, LIHTC 301: Advanced LIHTC Financing and HUD 101: Understanding Multifamily Programs. Separate registration is required and additional fees apply.
An LIHTC Property Compliance Workshop will be held in conjunction with the conference. The two-day workshop on Nov. 29 and 30 is designed to educate and provide a refresher to property managers who seek a deeper understanding of LIHTC compliance issues.
The Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference is co-hosted by SNR Denton. Sponsors include Boston Financial Investment Management, Bryan Cave LLP, Centerline Capital Group, Enterprise, Hunt, IFG Capital Tax Credit Solutions, National Equity Fund Inc., PNC Real Estate, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, RBC Capital Markets—Tax Credit Equity Group, Red Stone Equity Partners LLC, The Richman Group, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, Stratford Capital Group LLC, and WNC & Associates Inc.
Conference details and the complete conference agenda can be found at http://www.novoco.com/events/lihtc/las_vegas/agenda.php
Novogradac & Company LLP, a national certified public accounting and consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., is consistently named by Accounting Today and Inside Public Accounting as one of the top 50 accounting firms in the country. Inside Public Accounting also named the firm as one of the 25 best managed accounting firms in 2010 and the San Francisco Business Times has recognized it as one of only five companies that for five consecutive years has made its list of the Fastest Growing Companies in the Bay Area.
Novogradac & Company LLP has its headquarters in San Francisco, Calif., with offices in metro Atlanta, Ga., Detroit, Mich., Kansas City, Mo., Seattle, Wash. and Washington, D.C., as well as in Austin, Texas; Boston, Mass.; Dover, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; New York, N.Y.; and Long Beach, Calif. The firm maintains clients in a broad range of industries with major emphasis in the real estate sector, providing publicly and privately held national and multinational enterprises with a full spectrum of audit, tax, valuation, trust and litigation support, computer consulting and general consulting services.
For more information about Novogradac & Company LLP’s Tax Credit Housing Finance Conference, contact Jaime LeMaire at 415-356-8057 or jaime(dot)lemaire(at)novoco(dot)com.
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Out with the Old and in with the New! Affordable Housing Property in San Diego Replaces 18 Solar Hot Water Systems
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Out with the Old and in with the New! Affordable Housing Property in San Diego Replaces 18 Solar Hot Water Systems
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2012
In the latter part of 2011, California Solar Thermal, Inc. (CST), a San Diego-based solar company partnered with Ekim Builders, Inc., a San Diego based sustainable building construction company to install eighteen (18) solar hot water systems for Astro Vista Apartments in Linda Vista; a section 8 property with over 300 tenants.
Astro Vista Apartments previously had an operating solar thermal system installed in the 1980’s, but with the onset of the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Thermal Rebate program and additional federal incentives, the current property owner decided the time was right for a new system. “With the incentives that are now available and the new developments in solar thermal technology and system monitoring, it was a no brainer.” The project total will include 108 solar collectors and the system will offset more than 94,400 Ibs of carbon annually.
Astro Vista Apartments is not the only housing community to take advantage of the state-wide rebate program. “Because of the CSI-Rebate program, we have been able to develop multiple solar thermal projects across San Diego, LA County, Orange County and beyond” says Neal Rosow, representative of California Solar Thermal. “We’re trying to save the world, one apartment community at a time!” The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), CSI and other state and federal programs have helped significantly in the facilitation of solar thermal projects across the state of California. The funding for the CSI-Thermal program comes from public utility ratepayers and exceeds $ 250M. The CSI Thermal Program offers cash rebates of up to $ 500,000 for Multifamily and Commercial properties and up to $ 1,875 for homeowners. For more information visit CSI-Thermal at http://www.csithermal.com.
All 18 systems will include a SunReports remote performance monitoring system. This allows both the owner and installer to track system performance and access real-time data. For more information, visit http://www.sunreports.com.
CST offers KIOTO Clear Energy solar thermal collectors as an integral part of their solar hot water systems. KIOTO Clear Energy is a subsidiary of Austrian-based GreenOneTec, the largest manufacturer of flat plate solar thermal collectors in the world. For almost 20 years, they have been improving their manufacturing processes and now use a completely automated assembly line. Visit KIOTO Clear Energy at http://www.kioto.com.
ABOUT CALIFORNIA SOLAR THERMAL
California Solar Thermal, Inc. is dedicated to raising awareness of solar thermal technologies and their environmental and economic benefits. They specialize in commercial and multifamily solar hot water systems and provide turn-key renewable energy financing solutions. Visit http://www.californiasolarthermal.com or call (888) 867-2611 for further information.
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The Nano House to Solve India’s Slum Housing
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The Nano House to Solve India’s Slum Housing
(PRWEB UK) 17 December 2011
The Nano house to solve India’s slum housing.
The famous Nano House by Nano Living System is now available in India. NLS is responsible for creating the world’s cheapest, smallest, and most sustainable house in the world. This house, which has been advertised by many companies in India, is now available for purchase by Nano Living System. The house is based on a light gauge steel design and it measures 32 square meters. The house shell can be built within three days and has an extensive lifestyle that exceeds traditional building methods. It is also highly resistant to weather conditions and natural disasters.
The design has been tested successfully in the UK, which has some of the strictest building codes in the world. The house is available to private buyers and also to governments, with mass residential plans for India’s millions of poor and homeless.
The house is set not only to solve the world’s housing problems, but to bring down Co2 emissions worldwide. Nano uses passive solar energy, which is completely free, non-polluting, and renewable.
We are all aware that the problem of inadequate or non-existent housing has reached crisis proportions globally. Though improving housing conditions around the world is a complex issue, Nano has come up with a solution that is economically viable, sustainable, and attainable. The Nano house can be ordered and build almost overnight, thereby making it perfect to use after a catastrophe.
The houses will be made in pre-fabricated, or ‘prefab,” format, under which Nano Living System will provide a kit consisting of roofs, doors, windows,etc, which can be erected or assembled.
One of the objectives of the Nano house is to provide affordable shelter to poor populations around the world, therefore, currently focusing on India.
For more information visit http://www.nanolivingsystem.com
Info(at)nanolivingsystem(dot)com
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Modular Housing System (MHS) Ensures Global Connection with China Patent Approval
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Modular Housing System (MHS) Ensures Global Connection with China Patent Approval
Beijing, China (PRWEB) October 30, 2011
Mr. Tim M. Siahatgar, Architectural Engineer, developer of MHS Prefabricated Building System Technology, is pleased to announce that he has been awarded the Patent right for Modular Housing Systems (MHS) from State Intellectual Property office of the People’s Republic of China under the following patent number: 200610127616.0.
The unique structural Methodology of Modular Housing System is to maximize the Built Environment with cutting edge Aluminum Structure Technology. MHS Building Technology is the result of many years of research, development and considerable investment by Inventor, Mr. Tim M. Siahatgar, Architectural Engineer.
Mr. Tim M. Siahatgar and his related worldwide companies, are the original designers, developers and manufacturers of MHS Aluminum Building System. These structures are assembled on site, using our exclusive patented Modular Aluminum Extrusion and its interlocking connection system, in conjunction with MHS modular components and Flameproof Structural Insulated Panels (FSIP).
MHS prefabricated Modular Aluminum Building System is easily mounted, dismounted, moved location to location, from temporary to permanent quality green buildings of any size residential to multifunctional. MHS Buildings are of superior quality to those constructed by conventional means. “Our approach is an alternative to building with Non-Renewable construction materials”. The easy to learn, teach, design and construct approach provides truly waste-free modular structures and by weighing only one third of I-beam steel structures and one fifteenth of concrete structures, resulting in reduced total building weight, energy and seismic loads. Saving Time, Space and Resources.
The MHS Aluminum Building System allows Modular Manufacturers, Developers, Contractors, Engineers, Designers, Architects and Students to build from simple studios, Mobile RV’s, and camping homes to highly customized commercial structures.
This patented process helps users create availability, usability, reusability and sustainability for our future.
Optimized Components, Optimized Distribution, Optimized Results
We invite you to become a valued licensed fabricator or certified builder in your area.
For more information on MHS and its products please visit: http://www.modularhousingsystem.com
CONTACT:
Tim Siahatgar, Inventor
Modular Housing Systems (MHS)
USA-FAX: +1-949-266-8925
Email: office(at)modularhousingsystem(dot)com, or ussystems(at)aol(dot)com
China: Cherry Wang, Tel：010-58174026 Email info(at)yokiriko(dot)co(dot)jp
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