CORE - Completed Projects

Completed Projects

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We’re grateful to work in a community that has done so much to move toward efficiency and renewables. We’re especially pleased with our partners, who have completed the following projects with CORE staff support and funding assistance. Many of these projects have been funded through the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program (REMP), a part of Aspen/Pitkin building code that is essentially the nation’s first “carbon tax”, written and pioneered by the Building Departments and CORE staff. Projects marked “GKG” were awarded a REMP Green Key Grant, the most prestigious awards given through the program.

For photos and technical project details, please visit the REMP album on our Facebook page.

Schools
Affordable Housing Projects
Public Buildings and Infrastructure
Non-Profit Community Organizations
Other
Capacity and Staffing

Schools:

Aspen Community School

Efficiency Upgrades, including lighting and mechanical systems (Green Key Grants 2010, 2007, 2003)
Solar PV

Aspen Deaf Camp

Campus-wide efficiency upgrades (GKG 2010)

Aspen Middle School

Improvements in new facility, making it the first LEED Certified Gold School in Colorado (GKG 2006)
Solar PV

Aspen High School

Natural daylight design, boiler, ventilation and other efficiency upgrades to new building (GKG 2001)
Solar PV

Battle Mountain High School

Grid-tied solar PV

Basalt Schools (RE-1 District)

7.2kW photovoltaic array at the Middle School, in partnership with CAST Reusable Bag Challenge (GKG 2010)
Energy modeling and building commissioning (GKG 2005)

Carbondale Community School (RE-1 District)

10kW PV system, started as CORE’s first PV project at 2kW

Carbondale Middle School (RE-1 District)

Solar PV

Colorado Rocky Mountain School

Solar Hot Water systems on three of six dormitories (GKG 2010)
147 kW solar farm in collaboration with Aspen Skiing Company

Crystal River Elementary (RE-1 in Carbondale)

School-wide energy upgrades recommended in recommissioning (GKG 2011)

Little Red School House (pre-school in Snowmass Village)

Cost-effective efficiency upgrades (GKG 2011)

Marble Charter School via Green Sprouts Foundation

Solar PV (GKG 2010)

Roaring Fork High School (RE-1 in Carbondale)

Campus-based greenhouse and garden project to serve as classroom and source of school lunches (GKG 2010)

Solara Preschool

Solar PV

Sopris Elementary (RE-1 in Glenwood Springs)

Sharing space for science education in the Mountain Valley Development Services Greenhouse, which has solar hot water panels funded by CORE (see below, GKG 2011)

Yampah Mountain High School

Biodome for four-season agriculture
Solar PV

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Affordable Housing:

Benedict Commons Affordable Housing

Converted from electric to gas hot water heaters

Blue Creek Ranch

Supported seven single-family affordable homes to achieve high energy efficiency
First two were “Zero Energy”, super-efficient homes
One of the homes, which had solar hot water and PV, won the American Institute of Architects award in the Colorado West chapter for Affordable Housing in 2005.

Burlingame

Update of system controls in Phase I (GKG 2010)
Design analysis for energy efficiency in Phase II (GKG 2010)
Solar PV (GKG 2006)
Solar Hot Water, Spray Foam Insulation, Water Efficient Landscaping (GKG 2005)
21 solar hot water panels at 40-bedroom project (GKG 2003)

Keator Grove

Energy STAR appliances and solar hot water for 52 units (GKG 2006)

Habitat for Humanity

Solar installations on three new residential construction projects (GKG 2010)
Solar hot water heating system, efficient appliances and building envelope upgrades in Cleveland Place new unit (GKG 2007)

Snowmass Village – Mountain View

Boiler replacements (GKG 2010)
Efficiency upgrades including insulation, boilers and high-efficiency appliances in 29 homes (GKG 2006)

Stillwater Affordable Housing

Energy-efficient appliances, range-hoods and lighting (GKG 2002)

Truscott

Solar hot water systems (GKG 2002, 2004)

City of Aspen/ Pitkin County

Developed Green Building standard for new affordable housing units
Installed 90 hot water heater blankets in employee units
Worked with the City to establish a pilot program for efficiency upgrades in the rental hosting stock (GKG 2011)

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Public Buildings and Infrastructure:

Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District

72 kW PV array at Water Treatment Plant (GKG 2010)
Exterior lighting retrofit at wastewater plant (GKG 2006)

Aspen Fire & Rescue

Energy-efficient upgrades to the new Aspen Fire Station (GKG 2008)
North Forty Fire Station PV system (GKG 2007)
North Forty Fire Station facility efficiency upgrades and weatherization (GKG 2006)
Mechanical systems upgrades at the new firefighting building at Pitkin County Airport (GKG 2006)

Aspen Public Works Department

Energy-efficient motors and water-lifting stations around the city (GKG 2006)

Aspen Recreation Center

Pool heat exchangers, heat recovery system (GKG 2003)
High efficiency boilers, motors and variable speed drivers; natural ventilation design; solar hot water; ceiling insulation; native and wetland revegetation (GKG 2oo1)
Electrical/heat cogeneration system and efficient lighting design (GKG 2000)

Basalt Regional Library

Energy efficient design in new facility (GKG 2007)

Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District

Replacement of bay doors and motors for proper insulation (GKG 2011)
Energy-efficient equipment upgrades (GKG 2008)

City of Aspen

Electric Vehicle Project – 5 charging stations (GKG 2011)
Environmental Health Department, to build a portable PV system for City events, “Sunny the Solar Roller” (GKG 2008)
700kW hydroelectric plant on Maroon & Castle Creeks (GKG 2006, 2008)
PV system on Maroon Creek Bridge for pedestrian lights (GKG 2006)
Efficient building program (GKG 2003)
PV system at Wagner Park (GKG 2002)
Car-to-Go sharing program (GKG 2001, 2003)
Develop efficient building code (GKG 2000)
Ruedi hydro project (GKG 2000)

Coal Mine Methane Project

To develop a methane capturing system at an old coal mine (GKG 2006)

Holy Cross Energy

Project Development Assistance with micro-hydro feasibility studies (GKG 2004)
Expanded reach for rebate programs (GKG 2003)

Pitkin County

Efficiency upgrades at the new data center (GKG 2010)
Facility-wide performance contracting (GKG 2010)
Revolving loan-fund and audit incentives for the Energy Smart program (GKG 2010)
Efficient upgrades, including lighting and controls, at the Library and Courthouse (GKG 2008)
Basalt Recycling Center light retrofit (GKG 2006)
Lighting and mechanical upgrades at County facilities (GKG 2004)
Building Operators Training certification program (GKG 2003)
Wind Power purchase from Holy Cross Energy (GKG 2003)
Lighting retrofit at Health and Human Services building and County jail (GKG 2002)

Red Brick Arts & Recreation Center

Lighting and heating/cooling retrofit (GKG 2007)
Energy auditing and appropriate retrofit (GKG 2006)

Rio Grande Recycling Center

Green roof, PV and efficient lighting (GKG 2006)

RFTA – Roaring Fork Transportation Authority

Boiler, insulation and motor upgrades (GKG 2006)
Lighting retrofit at the bus barn (GKG 2005)
Visioning for clean bus alternative, strategy to improve environmental impacts and reduce dependence on oil (GKG 2004)
Bio-diesel demonstration project and Transit & Trails Roadmap Report on hybrid electric busses and a comprehensive trails system (GKG 2003)
Bus barn HVAC controls update (GKG 2003)

Town of Carbondale

Energy audit of the old Carbondale Elementary school (GKG 2007)
PV system at Emergency Operations Center (GKG 2006)

Yellow Brick School House

PV system and upgrades
Energy auditing and lighting retrofits (REMP 2008)

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Non-Profit Community Organizations

AREDay – American Renewable Energy Day (GKG 2008)
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

Micro-hydro system at Catto Center at Toklat (GKG 2010)
Geothermal heat-exchange system at Hallam Lake facility (GKG 2008)
Rock Bottom Ranch solar-powered greenhouse (GKG 2011)

Aspen Historical Society

Efficiency retrofit of archiving building (GKG 2011)

Aspen Thrift Shop

Energy-efficient upgrades and 9kW PV on new facility (GKG 2008)

Carbondale Senior Housing, solar PV (GKG 2008)
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute

Multi-climate zone greenhouse (REMP 2008)

Land and Shelter

Design and build the Carbondale Community Nonprofit Center, now known as Third Street Center (GKG 2008)

Mountain Valley Development Services

Solar system on the greenhouse, which provides work training programs (GKG 2011)

New Century Transportation Foundation

“Clean Cars, Clean Fleets, Clean Fuels” program (GKG 2005)

Roaring Fork Conservancy

Geothermal heat pump at planned River Center in Basalt (GKG 201)

Rocky Mountain Climate Organization

Regional coalition of local, state and national climate policy (GKG 2005)

Solar Energy International

Green, locally-soured materials and sustainable design, including efficiency upgrades, at new offices in Third Street Center (GKG 2011)

Third Street Non-Profit Center

Purchase & installation of transpired solar collector (GKG 2010)

Woody Creek Community Center

Remodeling building to code and mechanical systems retrofit (GKG 2007)

Wyly Arts Center

Lighting efficiency upgrade (GKG 2011)

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Private Sector

Aspen Skiing Company

115kW hydroelectric power system at Snowmass Mountain (GKG 2003)
Lighting retrofit at The Little Nell (GKG 2000)

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Capacity and Staffing

Finally, CORE and the REMP program in its early years were huge catalysts for creating and funding staff positions in the Valley to further address climate change and energy issues. These positions, in turn, have resulted in a multiplier effect for CORE’s work and helped the Roaring Fork Valley be a model region for many policies and projects.