Commercial success stories
All in for all-electric
A Glenwood Springs nonprofit is proceeding with a bold plan – full-building electrification with onsite solar – and the savings are looking positively mouth-watering.
Efficiency "triple whammy"
A commercial energy audit provided a menu of immediate cost-saving fixes, measures that could be incorporated into renovations, and additional opportunities.
Efficient, affordable housing
Units at Wapiti Commons won't just cost less to buy – they’ll also cost less to live in, thanks to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Lift-Up beats the heat
A local nonprofit that helps families in need gets some assistance itself, and its employees and volunteers enjoy some sweet relief.
LED upgrades yield savings
Efficient new lighting will reduce energy use and costs at two Glenwood Springs businesses for years to come.
Upgrades put Museum in new light
New LED fixtures provide pleasant light that illuminates both floors of the museum and its diverse collection of historic items.
Efficiency adds to creative design
Downtown Glenwood Springs businesses enjoy better product lighting after replacing aging fluorescents with LEDs.
Solar power at work for Subaru
A 96-kW solar array, tucked out of sight on the roof, cut the auto dealership’s monthly electricity bill by 44 percent.
Landlord initiates lighting improvements
Office building tenants gain an improved work environment with installation of sleek LED lighting fixtures.
Stewardship through energy efficiency
For church congregations trying to balance their budgets and be good stewards, it makes sense to install energy upgrades.
Double upgrades yield 42% in energy savings
Refrigeration upgrades in 2012 and new lighting in 2013 added up to big energy and costs savings for Roaring Fork Liquors.
Curtains protect greenhouse crops
Automated, high-tech, reflective, climate-control fabric curtains hold heat in winter, reflect hot summer sun.
Trucking firm times engine heaters
Elder Trucking installed timers on the engine block heaters for its fleet of 30 trucks, cutting winter power bills in half.
Hot Springs lights up efficiency
A multi-year approach to energy efficiency upgrades started in 2009, and continued with a property-wide lighting overhaul.