building into a LEED Platinum, solar-powered community center.
Andy WilSon
(Above) Playing baseball on the Village Green in front of Painters Hall, neighbors enjoy the natural setting and shared space throughout the community. (Below left) Native and drought-tolerant landscaping
throughout the neighborhood absorbs rain, reducing storm water impact on the creek and providing
year-round color and texture without high water use. (Below right) Groundskeeper Francisco Sanchez
tends community landscaping on the ground level, as well as up above on the green roofs of community
outbuildings, such as the pump house for the district ground-source geothermal loop.
Painters Hall at
Pringle Creek,
Salem, ore.
Project Costs and Savings
Expenses
l System Cost: $157,450
l Federal tax on state credits and
Energy Trust of Oregon rebate: $43,927
l Misc. fees and interest: $9,524
Total expenses by 2014: $210,901
Incentives
l Oregon business
energy tax credit: $81,154
l Federal tax credit: $47,235
l Energy Trust of Oregon rebate: $35,280
l Federal and state depreciation,
5 years: $61,012
l Value of k Wh generated: $2,743 per
year ($10,972 total by 2014)
Total incentives by 2014:
Net Savings by 2014:
Net Savings by 2030:
$235,653
$24,752
$68,640
