The Denver Energy Challenge includes a diverse group of dedicated and passionate staff from the following organizations. We are proud to work together for energy efficiency and our improved energy future.
The City and County of Denver is a sub recipient of a $25 million grant, managed by Boulder County, for seed funding from the Department of Energy's BetterBuildings Program. This funding is derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand energy efficiency services to residents and businesses in the City and County of Denver. With this funding, the City and County of Denver will deliver Denver Energy Challenge programming and resources to residents and businesses with a target participation level of at least 6,000 homes and 1,200 businesses by June 2013. The Denver Energy Challenge is designed to stimulate local economic growth, increase energy efficiency investment in Colorado, and advance the state's energy independence through large-scale energy upgrades. In addition, the City and County of Denver is also a direct recipient of an EPA Climate Showcase Communities Grant and Main Street Energy Efficiency grants from the Governor's Energy Office, which provide additional support and resources for these efforts.
Boulder County EnergySmart
The Residential program is working with 3 key partners to provide free energy advising services to residents who sign up and want to save money and cut energy use. These free advisors are independent, knowledgeable resources for understanding your home's energy usage, rebate and financing options, and they can guide you through the process of improving your home's energy efficiency.
Once you sign up for the Challenge an energy advisor assigned to your Denver neighborhood will contact you to get started.
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Other Partners
The Mile High Business Alliance provides outreach and support for the business side of the program, with a focus on connecting the local small business community to the energy resources available through the City and County of Denver.
DPS is working to promote energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction efforts at 10 local high schools as part of a school-based DPS Energy Challenge.The DPS Energy Challenge puts power in the hands of students to take actions that impact their schools and communities. Participating school teams earn points by completing actions around energy, water and solid waste reduction. The more points a school’s group earns, the more funding their team will receive to take larger sustainability actions. 10 DPS high schools are competing to change their worlds and win the most points and green pride.
Groundwork Denver builds partnerships to deliver programs and resources that help lower-income communities to not only make a wide range of environmental improvements, but also to build diverse community involvement, and develop leadership and job skills.
The mission of Mile High Youth Corps is to help youth make a difference in themselves and their community through meaningful service opportunities and educational experiences. As part of the Denver Energy Challenge team, the Mile High Youth Corps provides energy efficiency outreach and implementation support for qualified residential and business participants.
GreenFAX
With the help of a Governor's Energy Office Main Street Efficiency Initiative grant, the four business partnerships on Colfax Avenue (West Colfax BID, Colfax on the Hill, Upper Colfax, and The Fax Partnership), have joined together in partnership with the City and County of Denver to promote energy efficiency on Colfax Ave in a sustainability collaborative referred to as GreenFAX.
