Greenscape Capital Group
Greenscape Capital Group's mandate is to increase the environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and profitability of companies and their operations. Greenscape Capital operates Green.Switch, a full service energy retrofitting company. Green.Switch provides tangible solutions for businesses to green their operations and reduce energy costs. When marked opportunities arise, Greenscape also invests in other companies in the green space, providing the strategic capital and business advisory services to assist these companies in achieving their environmental and corporate goals.
Greenscape Capital sponsors Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room for 2010 Winter Olympics initiative
Greenscape Capital Group Inc announced it is sponsoring the Carbon War Room in its partnership with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to launch the Green Capital Global Challenge, a one-year program focused on utilizing market-based solutions to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment.
The Carbon War Room is a thinktank co-founded by UK entrepreneur Richard Branson with the goal of harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit of business leaders and others focused on climate change to identify and disseminate locally effective models that mobilize capital to civic energy efficiency initiatives.
The Green Capital Global Challenge will be launched during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
According to Greenscape, Vancouver ranks among the greenest cities in the world, Vancouverites have the smallest carbon footprint of any urban environment in North America, and Mayor Robertson has implemented a pioneering civic sustainability plan, Vancouver Green Capital.
Greenscape added it will work with the Carbon War Room, the City of Vancouver, and other participating members to facilitate access to capital, catalyze new partnerships, and achieve a market-based energy efficiency model for the world to follow.
Greenscape listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange only a few months ago, and since then has announced a flurry of transactions. Arguably the biggest announcement was released early in January 2010: that it entered into an agreement to build a 4,200 parking facility at Denver International Airport (DIA).
The facility, according to Greenscape, will be the ‘greenest’ parking facility in the world. Referred to Greenscape as “Green Park DIA”, the facility will incorporate a plethora of renewable energy sources and environmentally friendly building techniques. Greenscape outlined some of the technology that will be utilized, including solar and wind energy power sources, natural landscaping, porous pavement (to allow rainwater to reach the soil below) and alternatively fuelled shuttle vans.
The car park facility will have a capacity of 4,200 vehicles, and is expected to take approximately seven months to build. Greenscape has contracted a Denver based construction company to undertake the work. The company has also secured a 25 year land lease with an option to renewal for a further 20 years. Greenscape’s subsidiary, Green.Switch will retain a 90% interest in the facility, with car park management company, ProPark USA, holding 10%.
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Other Greenscape Capital Group articles
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07/04/10 Greenscape Capital – a green business portfolio
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07/01/10 Greenscape Capital to build, own and manage world’s ‘greenest’ parking facility at Denver International Airport
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23/10/09 Greenscape Capital joins Canadian Venture Exchange offering exposure to eco-friendly investments
Other Greenscape Capital Group news
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27/08/10 Greenscape announces construction at Denver green parking facility ahead of schedule
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27/08/10 Park and Fly with Greenscape
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13/08/10 Greenscape expands partnership with Propark America
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09/08/10 Greenscape secures additional $8.5m for Denver green parking facility
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06/08/10 Greenscape receives $1.1m in financing for green parking facility
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28/07/10 Greenscape Making Good Progress at Denver International Car Park
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22/07/10 Greenscape's Denver car park project ahead of schedule
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20/07/10 Greenscape selects suppliers for wind and solar energy equipment at Denver parking facility
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13/07/10 Greenscape Capital selects LED lighting supplier for Denver airport parking facility
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22/06/10 Greenscape Capital advance US$1m to Denver green parking project
