Colorado Court Housing

Colorado Court is the first United States Green Building Council (USGBC) "LEED" certified multi-family housing project, achieving "Gold" certification.

The 44-unit, five-story building is the first affordable-housing project the United States to be LEED certified and is nearly 100% energy neutral (Colorado Court Movie Clip).

[2] Innovative sustainable energy technologies developed for Colorado Court include natural gas turbine cogeneration system that generates the base electrical load and provides the building's hot water needs.

[3][4] The building also collects rainwater runoff from the entire city block behind the property funnels it into a series of underground chambers.

[7] The units are kept cool with a combination of window placement for cross ventilation; double-glazed, krypton-filled, low-e windows with stainless steel spacers; and blown-in recycled cellulose insulation that boosts the thermal value of the wall to 75% above a conventional, type-five wall and reduces envelope infiltration.