Alpen High Performance Windows Works with Habitat for Humanity
Alpen High Performance Products announced its involvement in Flatirons Habitat for Humanity's Ponderosa Community Stabilization Project. The project is a joint effort with Flatirons Habitat, the City of Boulder and the Boulder Valley School District to provide the city's residents with affordable, energy efficient housing options in the form of modular homes built at the BoulderMOD factory, a facility located on a BVSD campus. Each modular home will feature Alpen's next generation of thin triple glass units, which were Energy Star's highest rated windows for 2024.
All of the Ponderosa Project's modular, energy efficient homes are being constructed at the BoulderMOD factory, a facility managed by Flatirons Habitat. It was built and financed by the City of Boulder for BVSD students as part of the district's APEX program, which is a high-performance building curriculum nationwide for high school students interested in pursuing a high-performance building career. The APEX program is also supported by the Construction Education Foundation (CEF).
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"At Flatirons Habitat, we're not just building homes, we're transforming lives," says Flatirons Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Dan McColley. "Every home we produce opens the door to stability, opportunity, and hope for a local family. Partnerships with innovative, community-centric companies like Alpen Windows make that transformation possible. Its high-performance, energy-efficient windows help ensure that every home we build is healthy, comfortable, and affordable for generations to come. Together, we're proving that sustainable construction and social impact go hand-in-hand. Together we're creating communities where families can thrive."
"We are excited for the Ponderosa Project's residents, but also the students that get to learn high performance building skills at the BoulderMOD factory," says Alpen CEO Andrew Zech. "The impact of passive-house design on the health and wellbeing of the occupants of these spaces is huge, and that doesn't consider the potential energy savings. Windows only make up about 8% of a building's surface area, but account for roughly 45% of the energy loss or gain. High performance windows can mitigate that energy loss, which adds up to big savings on monthly energy bills."
