about greenprint denver
letter from the mayor
The Webb Municipal Building houses most Denver city offices. It is both Energy Star® and LEED-EB® Gold certified, and is 25 percent more energy efficient than a conventionally-built building.
July 12, 2006
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to introduce Greenprint Denver, an action agenda for sustainable development for the City and County of Denver that demonstrates local government can be an effective force for innovation and leadership to improve the environment.
As an exploration geologist-turned-small businessman, I have always maintained what I considered a healthy perspective on the need to balance environmental and economic considerations in my decisions. I learned early on in my career in business that the best solutions often combine economic, social and environmental considerations.
Sustainability is a central goal of Denver's Comprehensive Plan of 2000 and a central value of our administration and our community. In 2005, I launched the Greenprint Denver Initiative to advance and further support the integration of environmental impact analysis into the city's programs and policies, alongside economic and social analysis.
Denver will track and report on our progress on priority goals through an annual Report Card. We will also continue to seek new ideas from the city's employees, citizens and Mayor's Greenprint Council about how and where Denver can innovate, leverage resources, catalyze new projects and communicate the importance of sustainability as a public value to ensure that we leave the community in as good or better shape than we found it.
Thank you for all that you do on behalf of future generations.
-- Mayor John W. Hickenlooper
