Eco Performance Builders
UC Berkeley
Photos pending project completion.
This innovative project is located in the Fruitvale District in Oakland, CA. The Oakland EcoBlock is a neighborhood retrofit to demonstrate energy- and water-efficient home upgrades, funded primarily by the California Energy Commission. The Eco Block design includes advanced efficiency measures and a new approach for coordinating these resources among neighbors. The idea is that by combining technologies, standardizing components, and creating a neighborhood collective with the right legal and financing structure, investments like these can be affordable for everyone.
The EcoBlock research project aims to explore strategies for resilience and the rapid, equitable, and affordable reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through urban block-scale retrofitting. This involves identifying and managing social, legal, financial, and technological challenges. We will develop a prototype EcoBlock in order to demonstrate the technical feasibility of renovating a residential block with resource efficiency and electrification. A community solar microgrid has been engineered and will be constructed pending funding.
The project will:
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