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The Lee Residences
The Lee Residences
New York, NY, United States
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The Lee Residences
New York, NY, United States
YEAR
2010
The Lee is New York City’s first LEED
Silver certified supportive housing by Common Ground. Common Ground is a New
York based organization with a mission to end homelessness. They build and operate housing for homeless
and low-income individuals that is well designed with supports in place to help
people rebuild their lives. They also
have programs in place that offer consistent support, and even have a “Street
to Home” program which helps to identify and place individuals in need. This program has had such high rates of
success that the City of New York adopted its strategy in 2007. The residence incorporates environmentally
sustainable and energy-efficient design, construction, operation, and
maintenance practices. Key green design features include a high performance
condensing boiler; drought-resistant landscaping; individual temperature
control; water-saving fixtures; high efficiency lighting; and a green
roof. The Lee offered multiple lighting
challenges- not only were we to use every watt for the lighting systems (lamp
and ballasts) judiciously, we also had to respect a very stringent budget with
requirements to have minimum maintenance costs as they relate to operational
and energy consumption. The final result
was a success, and received attention in the Architect’s Newspaper “These are a
few of my favorite things” article, where the architect described the lighting
design challenges of the project and was quoted saying “…Abhay Wadhwa at AWA
Lighting Designers produced a great scheme for the Pitt Street Residence, tuned
to the very last watt.” We worked very
closely with the architects to come up with solutions that could be
incorporated into the architectural details- such that we were not encumbering
the project with expensive fixtures or lamps- but using inexpensive,
long-lasting fluorescent lamps in novel and innovative patterns and details.
Silver certified supportive housing by Common Ground. Common Ground is a New
York based organization with a mission to end homelessness. They build and operate housing for homeless
and low-income individuals that is well designed with supports in place to help
people rebuild their lives. They also
have programs in place that offer consistent support, and even have a “Street
to Home” program which helps to identify and place individuals in need. This program has had such high rates of
success that the City of New York adopted its strategy in 2007. The residence incorporates environmentally
sustainable and energy-efficient design, construction, operation, and
maintenance practices. Key green design features include a high performance
condensing boiler; drought-resistant landscaping; individual temperature
control; water-saving fixtures; high efficiency lighting; and a green
roof. The Lee offered multiple lighting
challenges- not only were we to use every watt for the lighting systems (lamp
and ballasts) judiciously, we also had to respect a very stringent budget with
requirements to have minimum maintenance costs as they relate to operational
and energy consumption. The final result
was a success, and received attention in the Architect’s Newspaper “These are a
few of my favorite things” article, where the architect described the lighting
design challenges of the project and was quoted saying “…Abhay Wadhwa at AWA
Lighting Designers produced a great scheme for the Pitt Street Residence, tuned
to the very last watt.” We worked very
closely with the architects to come up with solutions that could be
incorporated into the architectural details- such that we were not encumbering
the project with expensive fixtures or lamps- but using inexpensive,
long-lasting fluorescent lamps in novel and innovative patterns and details.
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