Community Office for Resource Efficiency - CORE

For 30 years in the Roaring Fork Valley, our track record for impact speaks for itself. In 2023 alone, we allocated over $1 million to 277 projects through grants, rebates, and assessments, significantly reducing carbon emissions and transforming our local landscape. Throughout our history, we've also reduced more than 34,000 metric tons of carbon through 6,000 energy efficiency projects and have even pioneered innovative projects like eliminating methane leaching from an abandoned coal mine.

We support projects that truly make a difference in our community, from transforming childcare centers and public buildings to enhancing recreation centers, restaurants, hotels, and everyday shops. At CORE, we're hard-wired to back the people and businesses that are essential to our community's vitality. 

CORE launched a strategic initiative that allocates 40% of our resources to “community priority participants” including teachers, first responders, nurses, nonprofits, and workforce housing residents. While eager to make a difference in the fight against climate change, the cost to take action is often a barrier.

We bridge the gap between what is aspirational and realistic. Your contributions toward climate solutions help to make an immediate impact on your neighbors now and in the future.