Bid Description
RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
Bid Number:Zero Energy for the Ocean State RFP 2023 Extended
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| Through this Request for Proposals, the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, and Rhode Island Energy, (collectively, the “Program Partners”) seek proposals from qualified teams (“Project Teams” or “Project Team Members”) to design and construct affordable energy efficient Zero Energy Building (“ZEB”) housing unit(s) to serve low- and moderate-income (“LMI”) residents in Rhode Island. The Program Partners are offering a total grant of $500,000 for the development of these units. The housing units must employ solar PV and air-source heat pump (“ASHP”) technologies to achieve ZEB status.
A ZEB is defined as an energy-efficient building, where, on a source energy basis, the actual annual delivered energy is less than or equal to the annual on-site renewable exported energy (based on the US Department of Energy’s ZEB definition.
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