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Aerospace, cleantech companies announce relocations/expansions in Metro Denver
Several companies in the aerospace and cleantech industries have recently announced location or expansion in Metro Denver:
United Launch Alliance (ULA), a 50-50 joint venture owned by Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Company to provide reliable, cost-efficient space launch services for the U.S. government, announced it will expand its headquarters campus to 2,000 employees working in three office buildings totaling 466,000 square feet in Centennial. ULA currently employs 1,700 people in Metro Denver.
- Boulder Wind Power has located its headquarters in Boulder. A former National Renewable Energy Laboratory engineer launched the company to focus on design, development, and production of a direct-drive technology to make wind turbines more reliable. The company plans to hire up to 30 workers initially.
- Aluwind,
a Danish manufacturer of aluminum components for the wind industry, announced in March that it will locate its first American manufacturing plant in Castle Rock. Aluwind is a supplier to Vestas Wind Systems and expects to have 30 employees (with plans to add 50 to 75 additional staff) providing customers with manufactured goods by July. The company is starting with about 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space with plans to expand to 80,000 square feet.
- Lockheed Martin Corp. opened a new 25,000-square-foot cybersecurity intelligence center for the federal government in Denver in March. The $17 million facility features large open space for collaborative cybersecurity work by Lockheed, its partners, NASA, and other federal agencies.
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Denver ranks 4th on EPA list for Energy Star buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked Denver No. 4 on a list of the top 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings that earned EPA's Energy Star rating in 2009. Taking the top three spots were Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, respectively. Fort Collins ranked 24 on the list.
Denver moved up from the No. 7 spot in 2008 with 136 Energy Star buildings. Collectively, the buildings total over 31.5 million square feet of space. The EPA estimates the buildings tallied a total energy cost savings of $29.6 million last year.
"These cities and Energy Star buildings are shining examples of leadership in the fight against global warming," said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA's Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region. "We applaud these facilities for making significant contributions to reduce their footprint through energy conservation in the workplace."
Energy use in commercial buildings accounts for 17 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at a cost of over $100 billion per year. EPA awards the Energy Star to commercial buildings that perform in the top 25 percent of buildings nationwide compared to similar buildings. Thirteen types of buildings can earn the Energy Star, including schools, hospitals, office buildings, retail stores, and supermarkets.
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Searchable database of Energy Star buildings
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Metro Denver region signs Climate Prosperity MOU
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) and the City and County of Denver signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the region with the board of directors for the national Climate Prosperity Project, Inc. on March 17, 2010.
The Climate Prosperity Project was developed by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 2009 to create a low-carbon and prosperous American economy. Denver is one of eight pilot communities selected to demonstrate the viability of this new regional economic development strategy.
Other communities include Silicon Valley/San Jose, CA; Portland, OR; St. Louis; Seattle; Southwest Florida; Montgomery County, Maryland; and the state of Delaware.
"The Denver region has been a national leader in sustainability, and we look forward to your regional climate prosperity strategy becoming a model for other regions. We appreciate your willingness to share your experiences with other regions in the climate prosperity network," said Dick Fleming, chairman of the Climate Prosperity Board.
Overarching goals of the Climate Prosperity Project are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy and financial savings, expand business opportunities, and grow green talent and jobs. Metro Denver is now creating a regional climate prosperity strategy.
The Metro Denver EDC will also develop a Climate and Prosperity Summit to gather companies across all industries to share sustainable best practices to help reduce costs to their operations, improve business efficiencies, and attract quality labor.
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» Climate Prosperity MOU (PDF)
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