Promise Energy Provides Solar Savings for Affordable Housing Complex
Solar helps nonprofit affordable housing developer achieve LEED Platinum certification
EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles, stands a newly constructed 53-unit affordable housing complex called Sol y Luna Apartments. The building will provide safe, secure housing for some of East LA’s lowest-income residents. To maintain long-term affordability, and ensure the building is protected from rising utility costs, the project includes solar photovoltaic and solar hot water systems designed and installed by Los Angeles-based solar company Promise Energy.
This $22 million dollar project is owned by affordable housing developer East Los Angeles Community Corp. (ELACC) and was designed by Silver Lake firm Birba Group Architects. Financed in part by low-income tax credits, Sol y Luna Apartments is certified at the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum level, and has installed efficiency measures including a graywater system along with the solar photovoltaic and solar hot water systems.