Pueblo Unido 3 Bed Prototype

Project Overview

HERS Index:  Following is a complete list of all Title 24 HERS residential energy efficiency measures. One or more of these field verifications or diagnostic tests may be required in order to meet the mandatory requirements or receive performance compliance credit. When these measures are required they will be listed on the CF-1R compliance form.

• Duct Sealing
• Supply Duct Location, Surface Area and R-Value
• Low Leakage Ducts in Conditioned Space
• Low Leakage Air Handlers
• Verification of Return Duct Design
• Verification of Air Filter Device Design
• Verification of Bypass Duct Prohibition
• Refrigerant Charge in ducted Split System and ducted Packaged Unit Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, and mini-split systems
• Refrigerant Charge Indicator Display (CID)
• Verified System Airflow
• Air Handler Fan Efficacy
• Verified Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER)
• Verified Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER)
• Maximum Rated Total Cooling Capacity
• Evaporatively Cooled Condensers
• Ice Storage Air Conditioners
• Continuous Whole-Building Mechanical Ventilation Airflow
• Intermittent Whole-Building Mechanical Ventilation Airflow
• Building Envelope Air Leakage
• High Quality Insulation Installation (QII)
• Quality Insulation Installation for Spray Polyurethane Foam
• PV Field Verification Protocol
• Verified Pipe Insulation Credit
• Verified Parallel Piping
• Verified Compact Hot Water Distribution System
• Verified Point of Use
• Demand Recirculation: Manual Control
• Demand Recirculation: Sensor Control
• Multiple Recirculation Loop Design for DHW Systems Serving Multiple Dwelling Units

Blower Door Test:  Title 24 Energy Documentation achieved for building department submittal.

Energy-Efficient Products:  On demand hot water

Solar:  Yes - data not provided at the time of this posting.

Client Comments:  

Rural Habitat Housing Project:
"This was the first of many residences in this new and innovative project which addresses the urgent need for affordable housing for agricultural and low-income families in the Coachella Valley. Due to a lack of options, many of these families live in substandard conditions with limited access to essential services like healthcare and transportation. The Rural Habitat Housing Project is a new affordable housing concept currently under design aimed to provide alternative cost-effective, and energy efficient farmworker housing in the eastern Coachella Valley. Rural Habitat is Pueblo Unido CDC’s community driven core philosophy and catalyst in bringing partnerships and collaborative efforts for innovative ideas centered around provision of housing that are both flexible and sustainable. PUCDC has been able to utilize its community base to promote and strengthen collaborative efforts in achieving this feat."

The organization: Pueblo Unido Community Development Corporation (PUCDC) is a (501) (C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization born from the initiative of community leaders with extensive experience and knowledge of local issues and concerns in rural areas of the Coachella Valley.

The Eastern Coachella Valley is comprised of four unincorporated rural communities: Thermal, Oasis, Mecca and North Shore. The large majority of residents are agricultural worker families and they represent the local labor force that contributes approximately 430 million dollars a year in agriculture to the region. Farm workers constitute the backbone of our national food system sustainability. But despite their remarkable contribution, these hard working communities live in pervasive poverty with challenging water and wastewater conditions and few economic opportunities. A glaring deficiency of farm worker housing, lack of critical infrastructure, and community economic development opportunities continues to plague the local communities whose residents work the fields. In our judgment, this is attributed to inadequate community organizing, training and education, and collaboration with public agencies.