Energy Efficiency Updates at TGNCDC Properties

TGNCDC is committed to making all rental properties more energy-efficient, especially our own portfolio.

We invested in energy efficiency improvements at (2) four-family buildings, utilizing Ameren’s Income Eligible Rebate program, co-delivered with Spire. We worked with Ameren’s program implementer, International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology, for audits and rebates and provided feedback on program delivery to the utilities at the Missouri Energy Efficiency Advisory Collaborative - Low Income Work Group.  Grants from the U.S. Bank Foundation helped make the projects possible.

At 3606-08 Bamberger the project included:

  • installing (26) energy star rated windows

  • (4) 15.5 SEER central A/C

  • (4) 96% efficient gas furnaces, programmable thermostats

  • LED bulbs

  • shower and faucet aerators

  • total cost = $41,096.30,

  • ·rebate = $10,015.68

  • U.S. Bank Foundation contributed = $25,000

  • projected annual electric savings = $635

  • projected annual natural gas savings = $1,340

At 3169-71 Alfred, the project includes

  • installing (36) energy star rated windows

  • (2) 9% efficient gas furnaces

  • programmable thermostats

  • LED bulbs

  • shower and faucet aerators

  • (4) energy star gas water heaters, to be installed

  • Estimated total cost = $25,227

  • Estimated rebate = $6,848

  • U.S. Bank Foundation contributed = $30,000

  • projected annual electric savings = $765

  • projected annual natural gas savings = $914.  

In addition to working on our properties, we also worked with many like-minded organizations on the Energy Efficiency for All Grant, logging more than 800 hours advocating for healthy, energy efficient, affordable housing.

We look forward to continuing this work in 2022!  

Sara Graham

Sara Graham is the founder and director of EngageTaste, a St. Louis web design and branding studio, and a Squarespace Platinum Circle Designer and Certified Squarespace Trainer. Since 2013, she has completed more than a thousand projects for clients across virtually every industry and continent. Her path to web design ran through nearly a decade of global sustainability strategy at HOK and years of journalism for Zagat, Sauce Magazine, and the Riverfront Times. One taught her to think in structure; the other taught her to listen for the story.

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