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Courtesy Niles Bolton Associates Trellis House also includes environment-oriented amenities, including a rooftop hydroponic garden on the building's sixth-level sky terrace. Used typically to grow herbs, vegetables, and fruit, hydroponic gardens grow plants without soil. Instead, the roots are submerged directly in nutrient-enriched water or in soil alternatives, such as perlite, sand, or ...
RISE developed this LEED Platinum certified apartment community in Washington D.C. and delivered in Fall 2018. A brief walk to Howard University, Trellis House is centrally located at the intersection of Barry Place and Sherman Ave in D.C.'s North Shaw neighborhood. This mixed-use and multi-family housing development features environment-oriented amenities, including a robust communal space ...
Trellis House Awarded LEED Platinum Certification
Trellis House achieved LEED Platinum certification by implementing the highest level of practical and measurable strategies and solutions aimed at achieving high performance in: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
The design team was challenged to embrace the history and context of the neighborhood while delivering the first multifamily midrise LEED Platinum-certified project in the Washington D.C. market. The main lobby features a large, colorful street art installation on custom metal panels that honors the building demolished to build this new residence.
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The city's first LEED Platinum -rated multifamily building promotes wellness and includes sustainable elements such as green roofs, bio-retention planters, LED lighting fixtures and recycling facilities.
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Trellis House is Washington D.C.'s first LEED for Homes Multifamily Midrise v2010 project to receive Platinum level certification. Designed to LEED Platinum standards, the sustainable community Property includes a roof top hydroponic garden, spa quality fitness center and an innovative co-working center.
The five-story, wood-frame project offers 319 units with 11,517 SF of ground-level retail, and a 44,769 SF parking garage. As DC's first LEED Platinum multi-family building, it was designed to promote wellness and sustainability by incorporating elements that include a green roof, hydroponic garden, bioretention planters, and LED lighting.
Trellis House
Trellis House is a 319-unit, seven-story mixed-use community located in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. On the edge of Howard University's campus, Trellis House includes 11,000 square feet of retail, direct-entry units, and a two-level below-grade parking garage with 139 spaces.
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