Contact Us Careers Regional Offices Find Housing Partner With Us Events About Us News WAYS TO GIVE Home » About Us » Sustainability Mercy Housing Environmental Sustainability Green Hope At Mercy Housing, we care about the communities in which we serve, which is why we created Green Hope, our environmental sustainability program. This initiative was designed to reduce our consumption of natural resources, reduce our waste, and create healthier living environments. We have committed to be responsible stewards of the earth by making several external environmental commitments. Green Hope guides us in all aspects of our operations, from designing, building, and rehabilitating properties, to office practices, property operations, and resident services. Our Goals Mercy Housing believes it is our duty and responsibility to incorporate environmental stewardship principles into all areas of our work including: Design, construction, and rehabilitation Property operations Office practices Resident services Our three goals for Green Hope are to: Reduce Mercy Housing’s consumption of natural resources Reduce Mercy Housing’s waste Create healthier living environments Our Objectives In order to meet our program goals, we have the following objectives: Reduce energy consumption Reduce water consumption Reduce paper consumption Increase purchase of items with recycled content Reduce waste generation Decrease hazardous chemical product use Pursue certification on 100% of new developments and major rehabilitation Our Green Hope program has implemented many projects already including: Water conservation upgrades, including the installation of faucet aerators, low flow showerheads, toilet flappers and diverters, and low and ultralow flow toilets Energy efficiency upgrades such as lighting, insulation, air sealing, efficient space and hot water heating systems, and boiler controls Solar electric and solar hot water heating Measuring utility use at all properties Operation-wide purchasing standards (such as floor covering, water fixtures, lighting, and other items) that include minimum environmental threshold requirements Built and retrofitted existing buildings to external standards such as LEED, Evergreen Standards, Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, and other local environmental standards And more! Green Hope Program Case Studies Click on the links below to see what Green Hope has accomplished around the country. Because each solution is tailored to the needs of the specific community, we are able to maximize energy and cost savings to benefit residents, the community, and the environment. Learn more about Boundary Village > Learn more about 205 Jones Street Apartments > Environmental Commitments In pursuit of Green Hope’s goals of reducing consumption of natural resources, reducing waste, and creating healthier living environments, Mercy Housing has made four external commitments: We are part of Enterprise Community Partners’ call to action to “green up” the operations of Mercy Housing in every aspect of our work by 2020. We pledged to reduce our energy and water consumption by 20 percent within 10 years as part of the Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future’s (SAHF’s) “Big Reach” initiative. In September 2020, Mercy Housing exceeded this goal, and achieved 30% energy savings and 27% water savings! We joined the Better Buildings Challenge, an initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to reduce energy use by 20 percent over 10 years. In June, 2020, Mercy Housing was recognized by U.S. DOE and HUD for achieving our energy savings goal! We met our pledge to install (or subscribe to) 3 megawatts (3 MW) capacity of renewable energy at Mercy Housing properties by 2020 as part of Renew300, the Federal Government’s renewable energy target. By 2021, we plan to increase the amount to 4.6 MW! Click the logos below to find out more about the external commitments we have made: For questions, comments, or more information on Green Hope CONTACT US Sitemap Partner With Us Find Housing Events About Us News Regional Offices Accessibility Latest News REDI To Talk Recap Resident Voices - LeRoy Resident Stories - Julie Make a Donation Support Mercy Housing in our mission to create stable, vibrant and healthy communities by providing affordable, service-enriched housing. Your donation is essential to supporting individuals as they work to build long-term change in their lives and in their communities DONATE Privacy Policy Copyright © 2021 Mercy Housing