We’ve all heard the easy tips for helping the environment—shorten your showers, recycle, and turn the lights off when you leave the room. But if you want to make a bigger impact in conserving your resources, there are some major ways to go green in your home. Try these seven fixes to make your home […]
To Build or to Buy Your New Home… That is the Question
June 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
It’s time to have your own home… in a market like Denver’s, there are plenty of wide open spaces to build and classic homes to make your own. But how to decide… Here are some of the pros and cons of both buying and building your future home. Building a Home- The Pros: Customization – […]
Home Builder Confidence
October 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Housing Market Index, which is based on a survey by the National Association of Home Builders, recently rose 1 point to 61, its highest level since November 2005. This Index is used by builders to determine when they should be building new homes. Given the unbelievable shortage of housing inventory, this is a good […]
Solar Rewards Update
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcel Energy is adding nearly 30 megawatts of solar power to its Colorado operations via its Solar*Rewards Community program. These projects are larger, commercial-sized solar power projects that allow individual businesses, nonprofits or people to buy or lease a portion of the project and get credit for the solar power on their monthly utility bills. […]
The Integration of Housing and Transportation
June 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Integrating housing and transportation, an affordable-housing transit-oriented development recently broke ground at Regional Transportation District’s Yale Station. The 66-unit, four-story project is called Garden Court Yale Station and is located near the intersection of I-25 and Yale Avenue. The apartments at Garden Court Yale Station will be workforce housing, or residences that are affordable to […]
RTD Eagle Update
January 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Regional Transportation District’s $2.2 billion Eagle project has hit significant milestones. The Eagle project is a portion of RTD’s sprawling FasTracks project to expand rail service across the metro area. Eagle includes lines from downtown to Denver International Airport, Arvada, and Westminser. The Eagle projects’s first four passenger rail cars recently arrived at Denver […]
Imagine a Future without Utility Bills
October 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
What would it be like to not have to pay a utility bill ever again? Net zero communities are communities that use power only from energy they produce through solar, wind, and underground geothermal systems on site, ending all dependence on electric and gas provided by utility companies. Fascinatingly, the largest net zero community in […]