DC GreenSeniors®

We limit the use of paper products in The Residences at Kenilworth Park, but when necessary most paper products used are made from recyclable material.

We make available to our residents and staff reusable bags for shopping and combine our shopping trips to cut down on emissions pollution.

We set aside bins in our communities to separate and collect recyclable materials, including newspapers, white paper, aluminum, plastic beverage bottles, and light bulbs.

We will plant our own herb gardens and blueberry bushes for use in our kitchens.

We use renewable materials when able in our buildings, and we are always looking for new applications

We source food locally when available and incorporate into our chef-run dining program.

We use seasonal menus to take advantage of food that is grown regionally as often as possible, cutting down on transportation costs and maintaining our residents’ traditions of having corn when it is ripe and fresh strawberry rhubarb pie, house-made, when spring provides this bounty.

We seasonally compost our green organic kitchen waste and use it to plant herb gardens to flavor our meals.

We have a vendor for our grease waste to keep it out of the landfill, and instead provide feed for farm animals

As part of our DC GreenSenior program, we are proud to have a plan to address the needs for both resident and employee transportation other than by their own vehicles, to maximize the use of public transportation and bicycle use. Our full plan will be posted here in the near future, but in the meantime here the link to goDCgo, who’s requirements we will adhere to. If you have further questions that are specific to you, please give us a call!

We are committed to sustainable and non-toxic landscaping techniques, through preservation of trees and indigenous plantings. Our landscape includes native and low maintenance plantings to cut down on the need for watering and fertilizing

Our community abuts a water conservation area, and we have worked closely with local authorities to preserve and protect this precious natural resource

Our landscape will include plantings specially selected to provide food for bees and butterflies, and we will participate in the innovative Home Grown National Park Project.