Denver Office Tower Awarded LEED Platinum
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Denver—Hines and Invesco Real Estate announced that 1515 Wynkoop, an eight-story office building located on the northwest corner of 15th and Wynkoop in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood, has earned LEED Platinum certification under the USGBC’s rating system for Existing Buildings.
The 306,791-square-foot property was completed in 2009 and is currently owned by a separate account pension fund, a client of Invesco Real Estate. Among the achievements that earned the LEED Platinum certification are: monthly landfill diversion of more than 50 percent through e-recycling, cooking oil recycling, lamp and battery recycling, as well as supporting a home e-recycling program; partnering with general contractors to maximize trash diversion during tenant improvement construction; a garage re-lamp project saving approximately 69,520 kilowatt-hours each year; and support for alternative commuting including electric vehicle charging stations and ample bike storage with locker rooms and showers, resulting in 63 percent of building occupants utilizing alternative modes of transportation…
