Juniper Hill Village in Storrs is getting $1.7 million in federal aid for an energy upgrade to the 100-unit assisted senior housing complex, officials say.
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Green Retrofit Program says it chose Juniper Hill and 65 other grant recipients from a pool of 770 applicants, according to Congressman Joe Courtney, who announced the award.
Juniper Hill opened in 1981 to house low-income seniors.
The HUD grant will pay to replace refrigerators and water heaters, exterior doors and windows to reduce energy costs; and to install a photovoltaic array on the roof of the main building to provide solar power to reduce utility costs.
Marlene Walsh, Juniper Hill administrator, says that the general contract has been awarded to Martindale & Salisbury Construction Inc. of Vernon. The photovoltaic array installation has been awarded to Sunlight Solar Energy Inc. of Milford, CT. The retrofitting work will begin shortly.
