Solar-Powered Parking Structure to be Built by Turner

The Denver Health and Hospital Authority has selected Turner Construction Company to manage construction of a net-zero parking structure in the middle of downtown Denver, Colorado. The $25-million Design-Build project will feature a rooftop photovoltaic array and other green features that will enable the garage to operate 98 percent of the year with the electrical meter spinning backwards, selling power back to the local utility. For the remaining two percent of the year, the team has elected to employ a small 100A electrical service to charge the building’s DC battery system, rather than turning to natural gas. “We didn’t start … Read more

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