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Author:.JBG Staff Writer Date Posted:06/14/2010 Time Posted:..10:29:12 AM.
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The Learning Source Will Save $2-3 a Sq. Ft. Annually
Greening Lakewood Business Partnership is off and running. Its first "extreme green makeover" will be a summer marathon that will result in immediate and significant savings for The Learning Source, a nonprofit English literacy organization with its small urban headquarters at 455 S. Pierce St. The Greening Lakewood Business Partnership was formed last year in Colorado's fourth largest city and is acting locally to stimulate commercial building energy-efficient upgrades while growing the "green" sector of the city economy.
The group has announced:
· The partnership has secured the building permit for its first "extreme green makeover," a $650,000 retrofit of The Learning Source that will net the nonprofit $2-3 per square foot in saved annual operating costs. A construction plan is being finalized, and a groundbreaking event is being planned. Work will be completed this fall and will include a public open house and ongoing training at the new and improved campus.
· Commercial Building HELP Checkups are being introduced. HELP stands for Helpful Energy-Efficiency Leadership Program. The checkups, valued at up to $10,000 per property, will cost commercial property owners in Lakewood no more than $750. The checkups will give a building owner a complete understanding of the operating and maintenance health of a property, along with suggested efficiency upgrades and investment and payback analyses.
· Interest in the Greening Lakewood Business Partnership is growing now that financing has been secured for its first redevelopment project, according to Joan Smith, the dean and executive director of Red Rocks Community College's Rocky Mountain Education Center. Presentations and partnerships related to the burgeoning program now stretch from New Mexico to the country of Jordan.
The partnership is focused on commercial properties in Lakewood with 200,000 square feet or less of floor space, and the program is already underway with two more makeovers at the headquarters of Colorado Easter Seals and Jefferson County Board of REALTORs. A variety of other properties are under study. While acting locally, the partnership, launched by the City and managed by the Alameda Gateway Community Association and Alameda Corridor Business Improvement District (BID), has regional and national partners in what is seen as a U.S. model program. The partners include Red Rocks Community College; Energy Star; Xcel Energy; Governor's Office of Energy; Better Business Bureau; Veterans Green Jobs and many private firms. To learn more about the Greening Lakewood Business Partnership, contact George Valuck at 303-274-1807 or agcagv@qwestoffice.net or view the brochure here http://www.coloradoliteracy.org/files/GLB%20Business%20Showcase%20Brochure-email.pdf
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