Belmar -- Short AIA Newsletter Article on Energy/Reuse of Materials (Lakewood: costs, mall)

[MobyLL]

Link to short article here:

AIArchitect This Week | Photovoltaics and Wind Turbines Infuse Colorado Development

Discusses energy sources at the Belmar development in Lakewood and also the reuse of materials from the mall it replaced.

The last paragraph would be worthy of a politician:

Stokes says that aside from the very important ecological benefit, Belmar receives two key advantages from the alternative energy sources. “It’s going to do two things,” he says. “One is that it’s going to stabilize our energy expenses because we’ve locked in on a rate with Xcel. Two is that over time, as energy prices increase, the rate that we’ve locked in will keep our costs stable.” Stokes anticipates that the array will be fully operational this fall.

Actually, I think Stokes is forgetting the third key advantage, which would be that by locking in their rate with Xcel, their costs will remain stable even as energy prices rise.

[Katiana]

Darn! I wanted to give you rep, but it says I can't.