Located in Downtown Denver next door to Civic Center Park, the finished 14-story hotel will feature 138,530 sq. ft. of space with 297 efficient rooms. In addition, the hotel will offer a ground-floor bike shop/café, meeting and event space, restaurant and retail space encased in glass, a rooftop bar and a garden terrace. The efficient heat recovery located on 14th and Court in Downtown Denver next door to Civic Center Park, Populus Hotel is the first carbon-positive hotel in the nation. The finished 14-story hotel will include 265 rooms, 40 micro-apartments and a rooftop bar with jaw-dropping views of the mountains and the Denver skyline. In addition, the hotel will offer a ground-floor bike shop/café, meeting and event space, restaurant and retail space encased in glass and a garden terrace. The efficient heat recovery, renewable energy mechanical systems, and striking Aspen Eye high-performance envelope add to the appeal of this hotel of the future. RK Mechanical designed, fabricated and installed the all-new high-efficacy mechanical, hydronic and plumbing systems for this ground-up building.