Lowry developer wants to use solar
By John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published June 2, 2008 at 2:56 p.m.
Updated June 2, 2008 at 2:56 p.m.
The Lowry Range, the largest mixed-use development on the drawing board in the Denver area, could become the first large-scale Colorado community to use solar as a power source.
However, solar research data must first support the concept.
Denver-based Lend Lease Communities, the developer and part of a giant Australian developer that prides itself on green and sustainable building, and the Colorado State Land Board installed a measurement device Friday at the Lowry Range to determine the solar resources available to supply power on the 3,870-acre planned community southeast of Denver. The entire range covers 26,000 acres and is owned by the land board.
A rotating shadowband radiometer was installed to take solar readings and collect data over the next 12 to 24 months.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Governor's Energy Office will work with Lend Lease and the land board to interpret the data and consult on appropriate solar development opportunities for the Lowry Range.
According to NREL, the Lowry Range solar measurement station is one of five in Colorado to explore solar-energy development on a large-scale basis, and it is the first example in Colorado of a real estate developer working with state and federal entities to look at solar as a major energy source for a community the size of Lowry Range.
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