Populus, the country’s first carbon positive hotel, will officially opens its doors on September 18 in Denver, Colorado. The property will begin to offset its operational carbon immediately with the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Denver-based developer used Earth Day to announce that a new hotel downtown will be “carbon positive.” The developer will account for and offset the carbon ...

A change has come to downtown Denver. Amid the rows of faceless office buildings and business hotels, it's hard to miss Populus. The hotel, which opened in October 2024, is unusual with its curved ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A “beautiful aspen tree” has been planted on a triangular piece of land in downtown Denver, Mayor Mike Johnston said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the ...

In downtown Denver, the recently opened Populus is the country’s first carbon positive hotel, according to the project’s general contractor, The Beck Group. Developed by Urban Villages and designed by ...

Architectural renderings of Populus show off its distinctive look, which is inspired by aspen trees. Photo courtesy of Studio Gang The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.

When the leaves of quaking aspens (Populus tremuloides) turn yellow in the fall, a slight breeze can turn a stand of trees into quivering gold. Quaking aspens "quake" because of the way the leaves are ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...