Lend Lease Communities’ Denver Office Earns LEED Gold

This area in the Denver office of Lend Lease Communities used recycled carpeting for flooring and recycled skis and snowboards to make the furniture.

Photo by Ben Tremper Photography

Denver-based Lend Lease Communities recently earned LEED-gold certification for commercial interiors for its sustainable office building in downtown Denver’s Alamo Plaza Building at 1401 17th St.

U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Commercial Interiors, the green benchmark for the tenant improvement market, recognizes commercial sites that address sustainability, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality and innovation in design.

“This new office space is more than just water-conserving fixtures, renewable construction materials and energy-efficient lights. The space embodies the values held by Lend Lease, which are part of our DNA,” said Chris Waggett, president of Lend Lease Communities. “It is an example of what we plan to achieve in the communities we build in Colorado and beyond.”

Sustainable elements of the office building include daylighting to increase natural light, automated motion sensors, low-flow water faucets and dual-flush toilets. More than half of the electricity comes from renewable wind power, and 70% of construction waste was recycled.
Colorado projects developed by Lend Lease Communities include Horizon Uptown, a 500-acre, mixed-use project in Aurora; and Lowry Range, a 3,840-acre project in southeast Denver that will feature seven schools, 1,100 acres of parks, conservation and open space, and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods.

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