The new Arbor Green Apartments affordable housingdevelopment in Carson, California is a great case study for howgreen funding can be leveraged. The smart development has beengarnering substantial attention recently, not only for its manygreen features, its 90% dependence on solar energy, or as anaffordable multifamily development, but also for the way in whichthose features and the development itself were funded. Arbor Greenis an example of how a sustainability consultant can tie thedeveloper, energy efficiency technology, the architect, and severalsources of funding together to deliver a project that is a soundinvestment financially, socially and environmentally.

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The recently completed $13.8 million Arbor Green project wasdeveloped by Affirmed Housing Group, and serves LA lower-incomefamilies. The developer successfully combined its goal to deliver alivable, affordable development with a focus on optimizing greenfeatures that reduce environmental impact. As a result, operationalcosts were drastically reduced, the affordable development receivedwidespread media attention (including being featured in Tax Credit Advisors and in a Green BuilderMagazine blog) and was fully leased within a month.