Has anyone successfully obtained tax credits for a window replacement project where you had a ribbon of windows including operable sashes, and you had to change sash sizes to meet building code requirements?
The building is a 1960s apartment building, a contributing building to a recently listed district. The windows are in a continuous ribbon across the facade, in a repeating pattern of fixed and operable sashes. The windows are original, single pane, aluminum and no longer repairable.
The apartments rely on the windows for ventilation; there is no central ventilation system, and the floor-to-floor heights are too low to add one. To meet building code requirements for ventilation and energy efficiency, we will have to increase the size of the operable sashes. Typically this is a no-no for tax credits.
If you have experience with a similar project, please tell me how you went about it, and your successes and failures.
Thank you!
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Amy Hasselman AIA
KONTEXT Architects LLC
Evansville WI
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