Energy Efficiency Case StudiesDENVER PLACE NORTH AND SOUTH TOWERSDenver
The $1.35M project received $550,000 in funding from Public Service Company of Colorado through a demand-side management program, and the remaining project costs were financed over a seven-year period. Included in the retrofit project were the following energy efficiency measures:
Energy costs have been reduced approximately $300,000 per year as a result of these energy efficiency upgrades and a number of other "no-cost/low-cost" operational improvements. Denver Place North and South Towers were the first buildings in Colorado to receive the ENERGY STAR® Label and just the seventh in the country. |
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1996, Amerimar Realty Management embarked upon an energy retrofit project aimed
at improving the energy efficiency of its North and South Towers at Denver
Place. These two towers were built in 1980 and are part of the largest mixed-use
commercial real estate project in downtown Denver. The two towers, 34 and 23
stories each, encompass 815,000 gross square feet and are connected by two
six-level terraces. The property also includes a 370,000 square foot,
three-level subterranean parking garage. The building is home to the U.S. EPA
Region VIII headquarters, as well as a variety of legal, financial, technology,
and real estate entities.