Building + Amenities
Learn about our award-winning green building in downtown Denver.
The Alliance Center is the hub of Colorado’s sustainability community. Our mission-driven coworking space supports more than 160 organizations each year through tenancy and events in our historic downtown Denver building. Tenants range from local to national groups working to advance social and environmental solutions.
Tenant Amenities
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Access to our community of 40+ organizations and nearly 2,000 people working to advance climate and justice in Colorado.
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Access to the Alliance Tenant Community email google group to advertise your services, ask for advice, and share information with anyone who works with our tenant organizations.
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Tenants can rent a limited number of parking spots in our adjacent lot, half of which are reserved for visitors.
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Tenants receive priority access and discounted rates when hosting events in our first-floor event space. Meeting room access is free to all tenants.
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Physical and virtual tenants can use the Alliance Center to receive mail.
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The opportunity to feature your work and events in our monthly newsletter, reaching 8,000+ climate and justice advocates.
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Lease rates designed to keep nonprofit organizations financially sustainable and focused on their work.
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Invitations to tenant-only gatherings and community events throughout the year.
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Enjoy the first floor Convivio Café with coffee, tea, and food options and free work and meeting space that helps create connections.
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On-site collection point for compost and hard-to-recycle materials, making it easier to close the loop on waste.
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A shared garden-level outdoor patio for fresh-air work, informal conversation, and community gathering.
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Printing and copying available on-site, so you have what you need without the overhead of your own equipment.
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Secure indoor and outdoor bike parking for tenants and their guests who commute by pedal power.
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Compost bins accompanying trash and recycling in every room make diverting food waste from landfill a natural part of the workday.
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Four-legged coworkers welcome! Bring your dog to work and feel at home. Take them for a mid-day walk on the Cherry Creek Trail just 1 block away.
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Home to eight LEED certifications, one of the most recognized green buildings in the region.
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The opportunity to be connected to the broader ecosystem through access to community events, convenings, and conversations happening in the building and beyond.
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Access to all 14 conference rooms in varying sizes, reservable by the hour for meetings, workshops, and focused work.
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A top-floor private, dedicated space for movement, stillness, or whatever practice helps you show up as your best self.
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High-speed secure wireless and wired internet throughout the building, reliable enough for video calls, large uploads, and everything in between.
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A friendly, knowledgeable on-site team ready to support your day-to-day needs and help you get the most from the space.
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A private, reservable room that includes a sink and refrigerator available for nursing, pumping, meditation, prayer, or any moment you need to step away.
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Showers and lockers available on-site for tenants who commute by bike or need to freshen up between meetings.
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Meeting rooms equipped with hybrid technology so in-person and remote participants connect without friction.
Easy Access Across Denver Metro Area
Located one block from Union Station, the Alliance Center is easy to reach by light rail, bus, bike share, and foot. Secure indoor and outdoor bike parking and on-site showers and lockers make human-powered commutes practical year-round. Limited on-site and street parking are also available.
On average, people spend almost 90 percent of their life in buildings. Because of this, we believe in the power of buildings to improve quality of life for inhabitants. Heating and cooling methods, building materials and layouts are just a few aspects of a structure that can impact people’s mental and physical health.
Healthy Spaces for Productive Work
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Filtration: We utilize advanced air filters in our HVAC system, with some of highest rated filtration media outside of hospitals.
Paints: We exclusively use low or no-voc paints.
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Thoughtful Tenancy: Half of our building’s square footage is common space and half of our suites are collaborative work suites occupied by an average of four organizations each.
Tenant Events: We hold frequent community events for our tenants, such as happy hours and networking events.
Intentional Design: The layout of our building encourages people to move throughout their day to access shared conference rooms, kitchens and printers.
Information Sharing: We provide multiple ways to share and access information, including curating a community listserv, newsletters and information boards.
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In-House Choices: Our on-site cafe provides healthy and delicious drink and food options that can accommodate all dietary preferences.
Event Food Selections: Our events promote healthy options with low fat and low sugar alternatives while also providing vegetarian and vegan options.
Encourage Stair Usage: Our stairs are well lit and feature inspiring quotes nominated by tenants. For those who are able, we encourage the use of stairs as opposed to our elevator for energy conservation and health promotion measures.
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Braille Signage: We have signage in Braille installed in multiple areas including conference rooms, kitchens and the typical areas like restrooms, elevator and stairwells.
Restrooms for All: We have restrooms designated for men and women as well as two dedicated all-gender restrooms.
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Wellness Room: We provide a private space in the building that tenants can reserve in advance or pop in for meditating, napping, nursing or other needs.
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Safety and wellness are top priorities at the Alliance Center. Our cleaning standards, air quality management and occupant health programs follow best practices and have passed rigorous third party verifications. We’ve been LEED Certified for years and in 2021 became one of the first in the nation to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating. These accomplishments demonstrate our ongoing dedication to your wellbeing.
Efficient & Sustainable Building Systems
The building sector consumes more than 70 percent of US electricity and emits nearly 40 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, the largest of any single sector. The Alliance Center has been carbon neutral since 2008, and according to Energy Star, we use less energy than the majority of our peers.
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Carbon Offsets: The Alliance Center offsets what it does consume and has been carbon neutral since 2008.
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Low-Flow Installations: Our building utilizes waterless urinals, low flow faucets and showers, high efficient pressure assist toilets and drip irrigation. This results in 3.3 gallons per square foot annual consumption.
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On-Site Compressors: These are used to cool the building during the warm summer months — as opposed to a cooling tower, which requires a continual feed of water.
Domestic Hot Water Heaters: The utilization of gas has been eliminated from the entire building through heating via electricity.
Reducing Waste Responsibly
Colorado on average has a recycling rate of 16 percent—far below the national average of 35 percent. The Center is continuously working to implement and discover ways to reduce our waste production. We currently divert over 85 percent of our waste!
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Sustainable Products: Closed loop and high post-consumer recycled products such as Interface carpeting are a priority.
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Agreements: Office space and event customer legal agreements include both restrictions and incentives to reduce waste.
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Reusables: The Alliance Center provides reusable dishes and utensils for tenants to use for meals at work.
Encourage Alternative Options: We partner with caterers who can provide reusable or compostable dishes and utensils during our hundreds of annual events.
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Dishware and Utensils: We require reusable or compostable dishware and utensils for events as well as for our on-site cafe.
Compost: Our building supports a local, woman-owned business called Wompost for our compost pick up. This amazing business also works to educate the community and provide compost services where they otherwise wouldn’t exist.
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The Alliance Center’s Hard-to-Recycle Station takes items that aren’t normally accepted in municipal recycling streams such as lightbulbs, pet food bags and more. Located on the first floor of our building, this community resource is just one of our ongoing efforts to prevent waste from going to the landfill!
Building Awards and Accomplishments
