Colorado’s First 100% Affordable LEED Platinum Building

I just stumbled upon this article in Colorado Energy News about a senior apartment building complex in Lakewood, CO that is LEED certified. Seniors tend to be on a fixed budget so cutting energy costs in half, as the article said, will help seniors have more income for other things such as medication, health services, and food. Just think, if we had more buildings (multi-family, single-family and commercial) that could use energy more efficiently we would save a ton of coin. Even though we all can't make our structures so efficient that we get the esteemed LEED certification, we can think about ways to weatherize our homes so we use less energy this winter and beyond. Kudos to Lakewood and the team that built the LEED certified multi-family apartment complex. You are a great inspiration to all of us that wish to reduce our energy consumption and save some money!