Resilience

Environmental Impact in Action:

NC5 New Development

Safe, sustainable, affordable housing is the basis on which Communities of Opportunity are built and thrive. Ensuring that our residents have the ability to access safety, physical well-being, financial well-being, education, transportation and more is critical to Jonathan Rose Companies’ mission. Therefore, we approach each new development project as an opportunity to reinvent what mixed-income and affordable housing looks like in the United States.

Our NC5 project, which opened in the fall of 2021 and is located in Philadelphia’s North Central neighborhood, is a leading example of what green and healthy mixed-income housing should look like: designed to optimize and enhance all social and environmental determinants of health and well-being. The 133 mixed-income-unit project was designed with tenant and community well-being and environmental efficiency at its core, drawing on a series of stakeholder engagement meetings to ensure that this new development would fully meet the needs of the surrounding community.

This cutting-edge, $51M project is a joint effort between the City of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Housing Authority and Jonathan Rose Companies. Design elements such as the magnificent views of the landscaped courtyard, the procurement of natural wood finishes and the utilization of soothing paint colors help emphasize the link between environmental health and human health throughout NC5.

SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS

ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY HVAC EQUIPMENT LOW-VOC PAINT AND FINISHES NONINVASIVE AND NATIVE PLANTINGS WITH DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERMEABLE PAVEMENT

NC5 will achieve a high energy-efficiency rating on the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index and has also earned a designation under Enterprise Green Communities. Through its compliance with Enterprise Green Communities, NC5 also meets ENERGY STAR 3.0 standards.

WATERCONSERVING PLUMBING FIXTURES CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN, INCLUDING RECYCLING OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE MATERIALS ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING WITH DAYLIGHT OR OCCUPANCY SENSORS CONTINUOUS EXTERIOR INSULATION AND MINERAL WOOL INSULATION FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING ENVELOPE ENERGY STAR CERTIFIED WHITE ROOF MEMBRANE