Our Commitments to Action

Ambient Energy – IN PROGRESS

Encourage Net-Zero Energy, Net-Zero Waste, and One Water Goals Among Clients - Encourage and facilitate more of their clients in achieving net-zero energy, net-zero waste and one water goals.

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City & County of Denver Department of Environmental Health, B‐Lab - COMPLETE

Best for Denver Campaign - Launch the Best for Denver campaign and awards program, a region wide effort to that will challenge all companies in the Metro Denver area to assess, compare, and improve how their company creates high quality jobs, builds strong communities, and addresses environmental issues.

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City & County of Denver Office of Sustainability, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado - COMPLETE

Love This Place Workshop Series - The 2020 Goal Workshop Series will educate Denver residents about the city's 2020 Sustainability Goals and how they can do their part to help achieve them.

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DaVita - COMPLETE

Become a Certifiably Green Denver Business - Certifiably Green Denver in 2016

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Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver Convention Center & Denver Arts and Venues, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, City & County of Denver Office of Sustainability, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado - COMPLETE

Coordinated Sustainability Messaging - Committed to developing a coordinated and unified sustainability message with other organizations (e.g. cultural, venues, etc.) across the City so that the public gets consistent and effective guidance on how to support efforts to achieve the City and County of Denver 2020 Community Goals.

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Earth Protect – IN PROGRESS

Host Videos and Blogs on All of Denver's 2020 Sustainability Goals - Host CCD and city affiliated videos and blogs on www.earthprotect.com and to include non profit, government, and higher education organizations whose missions relate to sustainability as earth protect partners.

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EPA Region 8 - COMPLETE

Community-Based Communication Workshop - Provide 1-2 two-hour training sessions (30 people each session) to state, city, and local partners in order to learn about community-based social marketing. This training provides a framework for leading communities towards sustainable action through customized communication and approaches. This framework is adaptable to any audience and any of the 2020 goals.

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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Denver - COMPLETE

Become a Certifiably Green Denver Business - Our congregation expects to commit to 100% fossil fuel net zero with 80% upon 2017. Renovation and removing 20% as HVAC is placed with geothermal units at end of life.

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Group14 Engineering – IN PROGRESS

Inspire Better Buildings - Pushing design teams to reduce energy consumption, reduce water demand, divert waste and specify materials with sustainable attributes.

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North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative, Colorado State University, City & County of Denver – IN PROGRESS

National Western Center Net Zero Analysis - The CSU System and the CCD commit to working together with partners and consultants over the next 18 months to develop standards and specifications that direct the integrated design of the National Western Center, including infrastructure and buildings, to meet or exceed the regeneration goals of the NWC Master Plan, related to energy, water, and waste options.

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Saunders Construction, GH Phipps Construction Companies, and GE Johnson Construction Company, USGBC - Colorado Chapter – IN PROGRESS

Colorado Contractors Challenge - Pledge to the Colorado Contractors Challenge, with immediate implementation on all new projects within the City of Denver. The group also committed to doubling participation in the CO Contractors Challenge each year, for the next three years, at a minimum.

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USGBC Colorado – IN PROGRESS

ADVANCE Pilot with Non-Profits - Complete the ADVANCE Focus Points pilot and identify at least three other Denver nonprofits for ADVANCE, a program that will initiate Stakeholder meetings to set goals and provide volunteer training and education to help train onsite staff and existing facilities personnel (i.e. lawn care, janitorial, food service etc.).

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Conservation Colorado, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Western Resource Advocates, Natural Resources Defense Council, Natural Capitalism Solutions – IN PROGRESS

Build Support for Policy Proposals - Commit to working with the City of Denver through stakeholder processes to develop and build support for specific policy proposals that will lead to achievement of the City's 2020 Sustainability goals of a 50% reduction in fossil fuel emissions and to the goals of the City's new climate action plan which calls for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Positive Energies - COMPLETE

Direct Current Retrofit and Replication Model - The Alliance Center will create a DC microgrid within the building through a three-phase process.  We will install solar panels on the roof and battery packs on each floor to store the energy.  The building will maintain AC power for specific equipment.  Once the project is implemented and vetted, we will produce a replication model.

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Ameresco - COMPLETE

Complimentary Energy Reduction/Renewable Energy Viability Assessments - Donate engineering resources to assist business owners in identifying ways to reduce energy usage.

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City & County of Denver Community Planning and Development - COMPLETE

Adoption of 2015 International Codes (including the 2015 IECC) - Introduce an ordinance to City Council to change Denver’s building code from the 2009 series of International Codes to the 2015 series of International Building Code by spring 2016.

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City & County of Denver Community Planning and Development, City & County of Denver Department of Environmental Health - COMPLETE

Solar-Friendly Communities - Platinum Rating - Implement measures to achieve the remaining 125 points needed to achieve platinum certification and resubmit for Solar Friendly Communities.

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City & County of Denver Department of Environmental Health

• GPC Compliant Greenhouse Gas Inventory - The Department of Environmental Health commits to update its existing GHG inventory to be compliant with Global Protocols for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas emissions (EPC) standards and will submit it for verification by an independent 3rd party. - COMPLETE
• Stakeholder Process to Increase Commercial Energy Efficiency - The Energize Denver Task Force will bring together key stakeholders to evaluate building efficiency programs and policies, including how to implement strategies laid out in Denver’s new Climate Action Plan.  The task force will develop the actions to meet the following goal:  Improve the energy efficiency of commercial and multi-family buildings 10% by the end of 2020 and double that in the following decade. - COMPLETE

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City & County of Denver General Services - COMPLETE

Promote Solar Gardens - Promote the growth of community solar gardens by investing City assets to acquire solar panels in such gardens to reduce City dependence on fossil fuels.

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City & County of Denver General Services, City & County of Denver Department of Environmental Health, Denver Public Libraries, City & County of Denver Department of Safety, City & County of Denver Parks and Recreation - COMPLETE

Implement Energy Performance Contract (EPC) - We will implement 88 Conservation Measures at 14 City facilities as outlined in the Technical Energy Audit. These ECMs include numerous energy efficiency improvements as well as an education and behavior program for building tenants and facility managers.

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Colorado Renewable Energy Society – NO UPDATE

• All General Members Get Home Energy Audits - Follow up and create ripple effect with our several hundred members to conduct energy audits in their homes. Implement with mailings, word of mouth, events + workshops and Energy Efficiency measures. - NO UPDATE
• Evangelize for Financing Operations for RE &EE with Contractors - IN PROGRESS

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Denver Housing Authority – IN PROGRESS

• Community Solar Garden - DHA will develop a community solar garden (CSG) where DHA residents and other low-income families are the subscribers and recipient of clean, affordable, renewable energy, where DHA's solar portfolio will generate 20% or greater of DHA's electrical demand. – IN PROGRESS
• Employee Electric Vehicle Share Program - Reduce or eliminate the use of personal vehicles to conduct DHA daily business. – COMPLETE
• Resident Engagement Program - DHA will further develop and implement a Resident Engagement Program focused on energy conservation and efficiency whereby resident energy consumption in DHA's multifamily housing portfolio will be reduced by 20% by 2020. – IN PROGRESS

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Denver International Airport – IN PROGRESS

Offset DIA Hotel GHG - DEN is committing by 2018 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 6,625 metric tons – equivalent to the emissions of the new 433,000-square-foot hotel and conference center - so that the facility will operate into the future with no net impact to the airport’s and city’s emissions totals.    

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Fossil Fuel Free Denver - COMPLETE

Communicate with Council Members About Electrical Generation - Identify persons in each council district to meet with council members. Train persons if needed, meet with council members and follow progress.

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Golden Oldy Sustainability - COMPLETE

Natural Gas Free - Commit to becoming fully natural gas free by 2017. 

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Litespeed Development Group - NO UPDATE

Host EV Infrastructure Knowledge Base - Administer the web-base knowledge base for consistent future oriented design and financially successful projects

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Metro Wastewater REclamation District - NO UPDATE

Sewer Heat Recovery System Policy - Evaluate sewer heat flowing through downtown Denver to utilize up to 45 MW of cost effective heat (enough for 250 apartments) that is currently being wasted. 

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Microgrid Energy - COMPLETE

Commercial PACE Adoption - Present public lectures to USGBC, Alliance Center, and others to spread word on PACE.

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Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company (PESCO) - COMPLETE

Peña Station Next TOD LED Street Lighting - PESCO and the Metro District will work with the City to pilot the installation of LED street lighting systems throughout the TOD. LED lighting will be installed throughout the Peña Station Next commuter rail platform and plaza area and throughout the initial Phase 1 build-out of the TOD by April 22, 2016. LED will be installed throughout the TOD for all future development phases.

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Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company (PESCO), Xcel Energy - COMPLETE

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) to Battery Storage Microgrid Demonstration Project - Increase the use of renewable energy through the installation of approximately 1.3 MW of PV solar and development battery energy storage technology through the installation of a 1 MW/ 2 MWh battery energy storage system to support grid stability, energy arbitrage, and energy resiliency capabilities.

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Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) - NO UPDATE

Electrification Expansion Project - The RAQC will secure approximately $4M in years 2016-2019 and use a portion of these funds to develop new initiatives within our Charge Ahead Colorado Program. These initiatives will focus on converting conventionally fueled vehicles, motorcycles and others to electricity among departments that have not participated with RAQC before. Additional efforts will be developed to expand public DC fast charging opportunities in Denver and across the state.

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Regional Transportation District (RTD)

• Install PV System at Central Park Station Park-n-Ride - Install PV system at Central Park Station Park-n-Ride, securing grant. – NO UPDATE
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations - Provide plug-in hybrid electric vehicle charging stations at Central Park-n-Ride. – NO UPDATE
• Replace HID Lighting with LED - Replace HID lighting with LED at Nine-Mile and Wagon Rd. in 2016. – NO UPDATE

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St. John's Episcopal, Anne Butterfield - COMPLETE

St. John's Solar LLC - Form an LLC to invest in a 25kw array and sell power to St John; investors get the tax credits; church saves on power.

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State of Colorado – IN PROGRESS

EV Wired Workplaces - In 2016, CEO will focus its workplace charging initiative on state agencies, spurring an increase in both the number of employees that own an electric vehicle and number of electric vehicles in the state's fleet.

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Unico Properties - COMPLETE

LEED, Energy Star 2030, and Solar - LEED certify all new development, benchmark 100% of our portfolio, try to achieve the goals of the Denver 2030 district, and install at least 1 MW of solar in the metro area through our PPA. —

Xcel Energy

• Energy Efficiency Savings - Xcel Energy commits to continuing its pursuit of aggressive energy efficiency savings in customer’s homes and businesses in an effort to expand our DSM portfolio, with the intent to add new, cost-effective customer choice programs in future DSM filings. - COMPLETE
• National Western Center Energy Goals - We commit to assisting the Center in developing, setting, and achieving goals for net zero energy. We will work closely with all of the partners on the project and surrounding neighborhoods to develop the best energy services to meet their low carbon goals. – IN PROGRESS

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Xcel Energy and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - COMPLETE

Transportation Electrification - We commit to assisting the City of Denver and local transit agencies with working toward the successful adoption of electric vehicles (particularly buses) through coordinated planning for providing energy services for vehicle charging.

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Alliance for a Sustainable Colorado, Snooze an A.M. Eatery - COMPLETE

Earth Day Recycle Almost Anything Fair - Plan an Earth Day recycling fair to serve both as a drop off location for hard to recycle items and as an educational arena to learn how and where to donate, repurpose or recycle almost anything.

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City & County of Denver Arts and Venues – IN PROGRESS

Waste Management - We will take on several initiatives that we believe will increase our diversion including: pairing all landfill containers with recycling bins, clearly labeling all bins, expanding glass recycling collection at venues, installing compactors rather than dumpsters to help more accurately track metrics, and continual training of venue staff.  To help reduce waste we plan to create sustainable procurement guides for staff and major suppliers.

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City & County of Denver Attorney's Office – IN PROGRESS

Sustainability Education - Committing to develop educational/training opportunities about various methodologies and programs in recycling and composting for city attorney employees (~200) by educating 50 people per quarter.

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City & County of Denver Excise & Licenses – IN PROGRESS

1st Paperless License - Issue the first ever paperless license for short term rentals.

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City & County of Denver Public Works - Solid Waste Management

• New Recycling Route - Add recycling route to accommodate increased participation in the residential recycling program, 1-2% increase in total waste diversion by SWM. - COMPLETE
• Trash Cart Service Expansion - Transition 30,000 additional homes to cart-based trash service in 2016 to drive sustainability and improve neighborhood cleanliness. – COMPLETE

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City & County of Denver Public Works - Solid Waste Management, Denver Public Library

• Recycle CD's & DVD's from the Library - Recycle a minimum of 100 pounds of unwanted CD's and DVD's from the Library System collection by utilizing City on-call contracted services that would otherwise end up in a landfill. - COMPLETE
• Adding Composting & Expanded Recycling to 3 Denver Libraries - Educate visitors about composting/recycling. Add new waste stations and weekly compost collections. – IN PROGRESS
• Compost Expansion - Add three more composting routes in 2016 to make the program accessible to more people and to divert more organic materials from the landfill to create compost. – IN PROGRESS

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City & County of Denver Sheriff Department – IN PROGRESS

Waste Audit & 50% Diversion Rate - Conduct a waste audit of all the organization's waste and target and track a 50% diversion rate through reduced use of disposable items, recycling, and composting (where available).

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Eco-Cycle, Inc. – IN PROGRESS

Building Support for More Aggressive Zero-Waste Policies - Eco-Cycle will commit to creating a working group of businesses and nonprofits with the goal of building support for Denver's adoption of policies to increase both residential and commercial recycling and composting.  (EG, Universal Commercial Recycling Ordinance, Pay as you throw trash price structuring)

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GH Phipps Construction Companies - COMPLETE

Project Recycling - Reduce the amount of construction waste sent to the landfill by increasing their recycling efforts on projects in the City of Denver.

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Momentum Recycling – IN PROGRESS

Momentum Recycling Glass Processing Facility - Open a glass processing facility to process 3,500-4,500 tons/mo. of glass bottles into glass cullet to be recycled into glass bottle production. 

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SustainableThree.com – IN PROGRESS

Decrease in Non-Renewable Materials - Educate and inspire individuals to take steps towards more sustainable living through blog posts, challenges, website resources, and apps. 

Boulder Nissan - COMPLETE

Electric Vehicle Expansion - Discount Nissan LEAFs by $5,000 off MSRP for as long as current funding is available and discount further as and when further rebates occur.

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City & County of Denver Human Resources - IN PROGRESS

Employee EcoPAdd Marketing - Increase marketing throughout 2016 to City and County of Denver employees to promote the EcoPass and drive down employee usage of single occupancy vehicles and increase transit utilization.

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City & County of Denver Public Works

Vision Zero

• Plan and initiate infrastructure to provide safe pedestrian access throughout the City, including installing enhanced crosswalks, wayfinding signage, pedestrian activated signals and audible pedestrian signals. - COMPLETE
• Complete preliminary engineering work to further efforts toward implementation of Bus Rapid Transit on East Colfax. – IN PORGRESS
• Develop an action plan and citywide, multi-departmental approach to achieve Vision Zero, which seeks a goal of zero traffic related deaths or serious injuries for all transportation user types and modes. – IN PROGRESS

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City & County of Denver Department of Public Works - Fleet Management Division and City & County of Denver Parks Department – IN PROGRESS

Installation of GPS and Telematics on the Cities PWs and Parks Light Duty Fleet - Install GPS and Telematics on a minimum of 200 vehicles in the City's Public Works and Parks Light Duty Fleets as part of thier overall commitment to reduce vehicle emission through the use of vehicle monitoring devices that measure idling, driver behavior, location and status of vehicles.

Jan 2016- select vendor
Feb 2016: install on vehicles
Mar/Apr: train operators and key stakeholders
May/continuous: monitor vehicle idling and driver behavior

Monthly: Produce high idle reports and Identify unsafe driving behavior, reduce unsafe driving and idling through education and coaching of operators.

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City & County of Denver Office of Economic Development - IN PROGRESS

Guiding Workforce Customers to Non-SOV Options - Denver’s Office of Economic Development will begin providing trainees with access to information about RTD transportation services through tools like fliers, posters and other information that can be displayed in Workforce Centers. It will also add a link to RTD on Resource Center computers and assist customers in accessing that information. It will also track transportation support provided to program participants.

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City & County of Denver Office of Sustainability, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Rutt Bridges - COMPLETE

Make Denver a Leading Candidate for Autonomous Vehicle commercialization - RMI will work with Rutt Bridges (and other AV experts), the City and County of Denver (CCD), Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), and RTD to lower legal and regulatory barriers to autonomous vehicles (AVs), identify infrastructure needs and develop potential business and financial models for AV deployment. The output will be a roadmap to successful AV commercialization in Denver.

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Walk Denver, Transit Alliance, eGo Car Share - COMPLETE

Live. Ride. Share Summit, May 17th 2016 - We hold a regional convening on sharing economy to expand innovations in mobility and community design. Our objective is to accelerate the cultural shift and empower decision-makers to enact bold policies and investments.

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Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Transportation Solutions, South Denver Economic Development Partnership, City & County of Denver Office of Sustainability, Denver Regional Council of Governments - COMPLETE

Develop and Launch New Non-SOV, Employer-Based Commuting Services - RMI will work with Transportation Management Associations, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), the CCD, and RTD to launch new commuting solutions for Denver region employers. These solutions will incent employees to commute using means other than driving alone. The cost and effectiveness of these solutions will be documented to aid in expanding their adoption by other employers in the future.

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Sierra Club - Rocky Mountain Chapter - IN PROGRESS

Reduce Carbon & Emissions in Transportation Sector - The Sierra club will oppose projects that tend to work against the goal of reducing the carbon and emissions in the transportation sector and will encourage the adoption and integration of alternative no- and low-carbon transportation modes such as alternative modes of transporations (walking, biking, and transit) and the electrification of the transporation sector.

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Transportation Solutions - IN PROGRESS

Transportation as a Service - Creating the First/Last Mile Connection through Shared Use of Demand Responsive Transportation Services - Develop a demonstration project, engaging at least three employers from the Colorado Blvd. corridor,  with the goal of utilizing shared demand responsive transportation services such as  Lyft Carpool and Uber Carpool for the first/last mile connector to and from the Colorado light rail station.

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Walk Denver – IN PROGRESS

Denver Sidewalk Policy - WalkDenver will demonstrate the need for investment in sidewalk infrastructure in Denver, the importance of sidewalks to residents’ quality of life, and the need for dedicated funding for building new sidewalks where they are currently lacking, upgrading substandard sidewalks, and repairing broken sidewalks.

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WalkDenver, BikeDenver, Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee, Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC), Mayor's Pedestrian Advisory Committee – IN PROGRESS

Vision Zero Coalition - We will establish a community-based Vision Zero Coalition, working to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. The Coalition will help inform and advocate for swift, complete and equitable implementation of Vision Zero projects and policies in order to end all traffic deaths and serious injuries in Denver.

City & County of Denver Community Planning and Development, City & County of Denver Department of Environmental Health, City & County of Denver Office of Sustainability - COMPLETE

Implement Graywater Program - Introduce an ordinance to allow the use of graywater and implement a program to encourage its use.  

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City & County of Denver Parks and Recreation – IN PROGRESS

Median Horticulture and Renovation Standards and Conversion of Medians to reduced water landscape and irrigation - Conversion of five - seven existing medians with historically high water use to landscapes with reduced water demand (15 gpsf ) and efficient irrigation, which will help Parks achieve the overall goal of 18 GPSF for Parks’ overall  irrigation.

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City & County of Denver Public Works – IN PROGRESS

Water Quality Swimmable & Fishable Goal - The PP&S Group, along with internal & external stakeholders, will develop a public education and outreach strategy along with several demonstration projects to build awareness and branding for water quality efforts in 2016.  The commitment includes rolling out Denver’s first Ultra-Urban Green Infrastructure Guide that details new water quality features suitable for Denver’s urban environment in early 2016 and starting construction on two demonstration projects including Brighton Blvd and Central Denver Rec Center. 

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City & County of Denver Public Works, Earth Force

• Tours for Teachers and Students of New Green Infrastructure at Joe Shoemaker School - The new Joe Shoemaker School opened in August to nearly 500 Denver students.  The school focuses on environmental science.  Its campus on Cherry Creek features a 1.5-acre green infrastructure facility that will treat about 1 million gallons of stormwater each year.  It was also designed to serve as an outdoor learning laboratory. – IN PROGRESS
• Keep It Clean -- Neighborhood Environmental Trios" K-12 Education Program - Denver Public Works and Earth Force will expand KIC-NET (Keep It Clean – Neighborhood Environmental Trios), a hyperlocal urban watershed education program, to 10 more schools in 2016. KIC-NET was created with the City and County of Denver Public Works Department, leveraging the city’s Keep It Clean initiative to better meet STEM needs of public education, while contributing to the city's system of storm water management. – IN PROGRESS

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Colorado Foundation for Water Education - COMPLETE

Update Citizen's Guide to Water Conservation - Help produce and publish the second edition of the citizen's guide to water conservation

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Denver Public Schools, Denver Water – IN PROGRESS

DPS Water Management Plan - DPS and DW will establish a team to develop and implement a water management plan for DPS.  The team will develop target water use goals for each site, track water, use, communicate the water use to responsible parties, and to work to develop programs to  reduce inefficiencies. The team will also look for opportunities where alternative water sources could supply water for irrigation.

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Denver Trout Unlimited, City & County of Denver Public Works - COMPLETE

South Platte Wet Weather Water Quality Sampling - Provide volunteers and funding to acquire water quality samples of the South Platte through Denver, Colorado during storm events to better understand variations in water quality from dry and wet storm events.

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Denver Trout Unlimited, Colorado Trout Unlimited, City & County of Denver Public Works - COMPLETE

Full Year Water Temperature Monitoring for the Denver South Platte - We commit to understand the temperature of South Platte through Denver, CO to better determine thermally suitable fish habitats, temperature effects of the in stream and riparian improvements, and the impact of stormwater on stream temperature through the purchase of temperature monitoring devices and monitoring of data.  We will share the data with interested parties. 

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Denver Urban Gardens, Denver Water – IN PROGRESS

DUG Garden Efficiency - DUG and Denver Water will develop water use targets for each DUG garden currently metered and track the water use.  Together we will explore the options to add meters to new garden sites developed in the future and develop a communication plan to promote the efficiency of vegetable gardens in terms of water use and the installation of vegetable gardens as a water efficient landscape option.

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Denver Water

• Metering New Build Small Multi-Family Residential - Denver Water is developing the means to meter dense development residential products customers on one meter to one unit basis.  This effort supports the 2020 water quantity goal by providing feedback through the water bill on water use.  Analysis shows an expected savings of up to 25% less water use per unit when compared to similar units not individually metered. – IN PROGRESS
• Increase Single Family Residential Efficiency Letters - Denver Water commits to double our current pilot program of sending letters to customers showing their current outdoor water use compared to their neighbors by providing over 18,000 single family residential customers in Denver customized reports on outdoor water use. Research shows about a five percent reduction in water use from this effort. – IN PROGRESS

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The Greenway Foundation, The Water Connection

• Environmental Storage Pool in Chatfield Reservoir - Pursue multiple funding partners to provide funding to CCWCD to purchase up to 3000 acre feet of the Chatfield reallocation pool currently owned by the state of CO for environmental, recreation, and irrigation benefits. – IN PROGRESS
• Clean River Design Challenge - In partnership with MSU Denver, OWOW, and the Rose Community Foundation, oversee design contest for creation of five trash removal prototype devices to be tested on Cherry Creek in Lodo in April 2016. - COMPLETE

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Groundwork Denver – IN PROGRESS

Bear Creek Water Quality Testing - We will collect and analyze monthly water samples in Bear Creek (with partners at Metro State University and EPA) to identify the sources of E. Coli and develop strategies to reduce it.