Green building guild changes name; expands to reach more of Colorado

BOULDER – The Boulder Green Building Guild is expanding in a bid to create a statewide energy efficiency retrofit program.

The Boulder-based nonprofit organization in January changed its name to the Colorado Green Building Guild. Its headquarters is remaining in Boulder.

The guild’s new mission is to make energy efficient “green” building a more common practice in Colorado, because it makes sense from an economic standpoint, said Julie Herman, the guild’s executive director.

“We believe we have what’s needed to move the industry forward on a broader scale,” Herman said.

The guild will apply for grants and federal funding to tie together economic development,…