C.J. Brown Energy is the NYSERDA Low-rise Residential New Construction Program Partner and the registered EPA ENERGY STAR Homes HERS Rater for Allentown Square Apartments at Maryland Place, a new $7 million, three-story, 52,500 sf, net-zero multifamily apartment building with 58 market rate apartments aimed at lower- to middle-income residents. It is one of the first net-zero multifamily buildings in Buffalo.

As the NYSERDA LRNC Program Partner-Rater, C.J. Brown Energy has provided design guidance, building energy modeling, and installation verification and testing services for the project. The project was originally conceived in 2011 as “Casa Serena,” a $4 million 53-unit affordable housing development to be designed and constructed to meet NYSERDA’s “Tier 1 – EPA v3.0” incentive program. The project was renamed and revised in 2015 to meet NYSERDA’s “Tier 3 – Net Zero EPA v3.1” incentive program.