²ÊÃñ±¦µä was one of 13 Colorado organizations recognized this month by Xcel Energy for their outstanding efforts to save energy.
Xcel’s 2018 Energy Efficiency Awards honored commercial, industrial and small-business customers in Colorado for participating in the company’s energy efficiency programs in an effort to lower their energy costs and reduce their impacts on the environment.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä received the Energy Design Assistance Achievement Award for its practices in building energy-efficient buildings, particularly around electricity savings. Specifically, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä was noted for sustainable design practices in recent new construction and major renovations that will avoid 2.8 gigawatt-hours of electricity consumption annually.
The recent Ketchum Arts and Sciences renovation, the Village Dining Center and Community Commons and the new Athletics complex, including the Champions Center and net-zero energy Indoor Practice Facility, were all highlighted in ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s nomination. The Athletics complex project achieved LEED Platinum certification for green building from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The other 12 award recipients were a mix of businesses, municipalities and educational institutions. They included:
- City and county of Denver, Motors Efficiency Achievement Award
- Colorado State University, Heating Efficiency Achievement Award
- Denver Public Schools, Highest Savings for Multiple Program Participation
- Groove Toyota, Small Business Lighting Efficiency Achievement Award
- JBS USA Food Co., Highest Energy Savings by a Single Premises (Electric)
- King Soopers, Cumulative Lighting Efficiency Award
- Latitude 40, Multifamily Building Efficiency Achievement Award
- Lineage Logistics, Self-Direct Achievement Award
- Littleton/Englewood WWTP, Process Efficiency Achievement Award
- Proximity Malt, Highest Energy Savings by a Single Premises (Gas)
- Sports Stable at Superior, Highest Energy Savings – Business Solutions Center
- Veterans Administration Medical Center FMS, Energy Design Assistance Achievement Award (Gas)
