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photo credit: Jesse Ramirez
Architects | Joseph Vigil, jv DeSousa and Ali Gidfar
Designers | Ulla Lange, Michelle Frankel
Production Team | Josh Oqueli, Kate Pedersen, Liz Smith, Marianne Bellino, Michelle Frankel
Builder | Pavilion Construction
Energy Modeler & Sustainability ConsultantMark Bloomfield | Sustainably Built
LEED Consultant | Progress Building
Landscape Architect | Desert Element Landscape Design LLC
Landscape Designer | Julie Hauser, indigo landscape design
Lighting Designer | Clanton & Associates
MEP | Priest Engineering
Structural Engineer | Gebau
73 new units for seniors / 6 buildings
four 3-story flats; nine duplexes; eight 2-bedroom units; nine SRO; 55 1-bedroom units; utility structure; new community building
dedicated to seniors and disabled residents at 30% AMI or less
LEED Platinum
Enterprise Green Communities Certified
net-zero energy
fossil fuel free
2013 — National Award of Merit in Program Innovation – Project Design / National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
2012 — Citation Award for Built Architecture / American Institute of Architects (AIA) Colorado
September 2014 — Colorful Panels Add to Green Design / Commercial Building Products Magazine
July 2013 — Paisano Green Community / GreenSource, The Magazine of Sustainable Design
May 2013 — These Seniors are Living Green / Builder and Developer Magazine
3 May 2013 — NetZero Living and Climate / edcmag.com
2013 — Paisano Green Community Senior Housing / Architizer
29 March 2013 — WORKSHOP8 : Boulder architects design net-zero housing project in El Paso / Boulder County Business Report
26 March 2013 — A Green Community Comes to Town / GreenBuildTV.com
January / February 2013 — The New Model for Affordable Housing / green building & design magazine
20 December 2012 — Paisano Green Community is the First NetZero Senior Housing Project in the US / Tyson and Billy
20 November, 2012 — Special Report: The Paisano Green Community / Channel 7
29 October 2012 — Gray Goes Green: First U.S. Net Zero Senior Community Opens in TX / Clean Technicz
20 September 2012 — Paisano Green Community / archdaily.com
31 August 2012 — The Paisano Green Community – Redefining Affordable Housing in the United States / YouTube
25 October 2011 — Paisano Green Community is the First NetZero Housing Project in the US / inhabitat
25 October 2011 — Paisano Green Community (designed using Vectorworks and Sketchup Pro) / AECCafe.com
18 October 2011 — 73-Unit Public Housing Community for Seniors Generates 100% of Energy On-Site / University of St. Thomas
11 October 2011 — Eco-friendly Housing Project Paisano Green Community 1st of its Kind / El Paso Times
September 2011 — Cutting-Edge Green Affordable Housing in El Paso, TX / HUD.gov