Developed in partnership with HIP and Pepco, helping to advance Energy Equity for Low-to-Moderate Income Homebuyers
Friday, Oct. 13, 2023
Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), Pepco, BlockEnergy and public-private partners will break ground on a first-of-its-kind affordable homeownership development in Fairmount Heights.
The new community will feature six zero energy single-family homes, powered by Pepco’s use of a BlockEnergy advanced community energy system which combines rooftop solar with local battery energy storage. In addition to powering the homes, the system helps increase reliability, security, and resilience for Pepco’s local grid.
HIP, a nonprofit affordable housing developer based in Hyattsville, Maryland, will market the homes to first-time homebuyers earning 80 percent or less of area median income.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.The development of the Zero Energy homes with community microgrid is a step forward in the Town of Fairmount Heights’ efforts to earn certification from Sustainable Maryland, a program for Maryland municipalities that want to have clean energy, mitigate energy inflation risk and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term. Using modular construction, the six detached single-family homes are designed to meet the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Homes Program and the Passive House Institute’s PHIUS+ 2018 standard.
The development of the Zero Energy homes with community microgrid is a step forward in the Town of Fairmount Heights’ efforts to earn certification from Sustainable Maryland, a program for Maryland municipalities that want to have clean energy, mitigate energy inflation risk and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term. Using modular construction, the six detached single-family homes are designed to meet the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Homes Program and the Passive House Institute’s PHIUS+ 2018 standard.
To learn more about Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), please visit http://hiphomes.org
To learn more about Pepco, please visit http://pepco.com/
ABOUT HIP
HIP develops innovative affordable housing, revitalizes neighborhoods, and equips people to achieve their housing and financial goals. Based in Hyattsville, Maryland, HIP builds affordable apartments and homes and provides a full range of housing and financial counseling services to renters, first-time buyers, and homeowners.
ABOUT BlockEnergy
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, BlockEnergy is the world’s first distributed renewable energy platform for new communities of all sizes. A truly plug-and-play energy system, BlockEnergy is comprised of a simple kit of parts, able to be installed by local utilities to deliver the most advanced, secure, resilient power available. Scalable, storm-resilient, and able to interoperate seamlessly with the local grid when needed, BlockEnergy allows new communities to benefit from a seamless platform combining rooftop solar, energy storage, and smart distributed controls.
ABOUT Pepco
Pepco is a unit of Exelon (Nasdaq: EXC), a Fortune 250 company and the nation’s largest utility company, serving more than 10 million customers. Pepco provides safe and reliable energy service to approximately 919,000 customers in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
