Two and a half years ago, the Colorado Chapter moved into the Alliance Center in Denver, CO - a multi-tenant non-profit center operated by the Sustainable Alliance for Colorado. This has been a wonderful home for us as we've increased staff 500% (from one to five), expanded our geographic reach, and launched new programs and initiatives.
Along with the green building movement in Colorado, we've grown rapidly - so rapidly that for the second time we've outgrown our office at the Alliance Center.
Beginning in the winter of 2010, I began looking for new office space in Denver, ultimately settling on a wonderfully creative space in LoDO, in a converted brick historic firehouse. The building is not LEED Certified, nor is the office (yet) - but as a hundred year old building it is sustainable by definition.
This blog will chronicle our efforts to secure the space, negotiate a green lease, educate the owners on green building, green the space on a minimal (a.k.a. zero) budget, and create an educational resource for the green building community in Colorado and around the country.
If you'd like to contribute to our efforts, offer comments or suggestions, or visit us once we move in, please let us know. We'll keep an updated wish list on this blog, as well as questions and topics for discussion.
All the best,
Deb Kleinman
Executive Director
U.S. Green Building Council Colorado
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