Parmenter Circle

This photo shows the condominium building from street level.

Overview

  • Location: Middleton, WI
  • Building type(s): Multi-unit residential
  • New construction
  • 54,000 ft2 (5,020 m2)
  • Project scope: 4-story building
  • Urban setting
  • Completed May 2008
  • Rating: Green Communities --Level: 53 points

Parmenter Circle is an affordable housing complex with 40 affordable and 10 market-rate rental units within walking distance of downtown Middleton. The building includes a number of green features as well as nine-foot ceilings, balconies, high efficiency gas furnaces, central air-conditioning and underground parking. The property includes a community patio as well as a child play area.

Environmental Aspects

This was the first green project from Parmenter Development, Inc., green features were chosen to increase the project's value for the developer, the residents, and the community. The green features include high-efficiency heating, cooling and lighting, super-insulation of the building envelope, water-conserving fixtures and appliances, on-site stormwater management, and careful site selection.

A careful green development plan was created to direct the project design. The project's integrated design process included a green design feature table, a rationale for the green features, an accountability table describing which parties were responsible for each green feature, and a green feature follow-up plan.

Owner & Occupancy

  • Owned by Parmenter Development, Inc., Corporation, for-profit
  • Occupants: Individual(s)

The project has 50 units: four efficiencies, three studio lofts, 16 one-bedrooms, 23 two-bedrooms, and four three-bedrooms. As low-income housing, units are broken into income levels: four units for occupants with 0-30% area median income, 15 units for occupants with 31-50% area median income, 21 units for occupants with 51-80% area median income, 10 units for occupants with 81-100% area median income.

Keywords

Integrated team, Green framework, Green specifications, Performance measurement and verification, Transportation benefits, Open space preservation, Stormwater management, Efficient fixtures and appliances, Insulation levels, HVAC, Efficient lighting

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