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water than the legacy concourse. And
that's significant for the area and for us. "
In addition, DEN also put a lot
of effort into the efficiency of the
heating, ventilation and air conditioning
systems.
" All of the expansions have phoThe
outdoor deck features a fireplace for
guests to keep warm in colder months.
" People want to be able to charge
their phones, they want to be able
to have comfortable seating. They
want to be able, whenever possible,
to have some privacy, " Williams
said. " So, what we tried to do is we
tried to mix up the seating. All the
seating has places that they can charge
their phones or computers. We gave
a variety of seating, whether you're
with a family or just by yourself. We
tried to come up with different ways
to appeal to as many people as possible,
and people comment on that a lot. "
When designing the holdrooms,
HNTB worked with Zygotic to select
the ideal seating.
" Nowadays we're really creating different
types of seating, different types
of experiences within the hold room
capacities, " Cahill said. " We worked
directly with Zygotic for the seating,
[they] developed a specific chair line
for the airport. We also had an interior
design firm that actually worked
directly with us. And a local design
firm, Kirsty Ferguson with Blue Snow. "
In addition to the improved wayfinding
and thoughtfully designed
holdrooms, the airport also expanded
the concession space by 10,000
square feet.
" That concession space will take a
year or two to develop, but ultimately
there'll be more concessions, both
food and beverage as well as retail, "
Williams said.
As guests travel beyond the concessions
area, they will find an outdoor
deck area at the very end of the concourse
where they can go outside and
take in the fresh air.
" Here in Denver, we're usually very
proud of our weather. People like to
be outside. It gives them an opportunity
to get outside, " Williams said.
" On the west side they can look at
the mountains as well as the airfield.
On the east side they can look to the
airfield and the planes. So it's very
spectacular on both of them, and the
passengers really love that ability to
go outside. "
Sustainability
Denver's Concourse C West, FiveGate
Expansion project achieved
LEED Gold certification. In order to
meet requirements for certification,
DEN made it a priority to make sure
their water fixtures were as efficient
as possible.
" All of our fixtures ...we out west,
water is always a problem, I mean it's
in short supply. So, one of the LEED
ratings that we do is the efficiency of
our water fixtures, " Williams said.
" Whether they're sinks or toilets, whatever,
we try to get the most efficient
from a water usage point of view. And
because of what we did, roughly off
the top of my head, we save with the
new concourse is about 40% more
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tovoltaic tag panels up on the roofs, "
said Williams. " So, we're basically
trying to provide as much power as
we can, clean energy if you will. ...
Part of the architecture is we have a
lot of natural light, and that's a great
thing, but it also comes with its issues
as well because you could get heat
loss or heat gain because of so much
window space, frankly, " Williams said.
" So, the curtain walls, which are a lot
of it is glass, is designed in such a way
to minimize the amount of heat gain
or heat loss. So again, when you talk
about technology, it's technology plus
it's part of this whole LEED sustainability
aspect that we go for. "
Looking to the Future
DEN is on track to add five new
gates and nine remodeled gates to
Concourse A East by mid-2024.
Williams said DEN will still be
working for the next year or so on
reshuffling the airlines and redoing
space and gates.
" In 2020 United and Southwest
actually leased basically all the new
gates, " Williams said. " United went
from 68 to 90 gates. Southwest went
from 24 gates to 40 gates. And in order
to make all that work, once we get
these major expansions done, we have
to move all the airlines around so that
United's contiguous with United as
much as possible. Southwest is contiguous
with Southwest as much as
possible. " 
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