Executive Order 123
About the Policy
Mayor John W. Hickenlooper signed Executive Order 123 on October 24, 2007 to officially create the Greenprint Denver Office and establish the city’s sustainability policy.
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Highlights:
This Executive Order includes Denver’s first municipal green building policy, which ensures that all current and future city buildings will be constructed and maintained according to sustainable principles, and includes several other measures to promote sustainability throughout city operations:
Greenprint Denver Office
Establish the Greenprint Denver Office to position Denver as a national leader in sustainability by developing and implementing solutions to resource challenges and working with city agencies to ensure that all city policy and program decisions incorporate “triple bottom line” analysis, balancing short- and long-term economic, social, and environmental considerations. Form a Greenprint Denver Implementation Committee to ensure that these measures are integrated throughout city operations.
Green Building and Energy Conservation
All applicable new city building construction and major renovations will be built and certified to the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED®-NC (New Construction) Silver standard, and achieve Energy Star® status. All capital improvement projects, existing, and future city-owned and operated facilities shall incorporate all appropriate LEED® standards.
Vehicle Replacement and Operation
Replace light-duty vehicles with hybrids, alternative fuel vehicles, or the most fuel-efficient and least-polluting vehicles available as older vehicles are phased out. Diesel-powered vehicles will use at least 20 percent B20 biodiesel. A Green Fleet Committee will be established to ensure that that the city procures and operates a fleet of vehicles that minimizes environmental impact, enhances domestic energy security, and maximizes fuel efficiency and diversification.
Materials and Waste Management
All agencies shall direct efforts to utilize recycling services and pursue integrated waste management strategies that include reducing consumption, collecting used materials for reuse or recycling, and purchasing cost-competitive recycled and recyclable products. Construction projects will use concrete consisting of at least 20 percent fly ash, and construction and demolition waste will be recycled. All city employees shall take measures to reduce waste and reuse resources whenever possible, such as using electronic media in place of paper, dual-sided printing and copying, reducing font sizes and margins in documents, purchasing paper with at least 35 percent post-consumer content, and other steps.
Water Conservation
The city will demonstrate wise water use in city facilities, buildings, and parks through identification of water inefficiencies and implementation of water conservation projects to improve plumbing fixtures, irrigation systems, cooling towers, kitchen operations, swimming pool operations, laundries, and other water uses.
Environmental Public Health Policy
All city employees and contractors must be familiar with and follow the city’s Environmental Public Health Policy, included with the Executive Order as Memorandum 123-F.
