Limelight Hotel – Boulder

Horizon Glass manufactured and installed the curtain wall, entrance, and glazing scope for the Limelight Hotel Boulder, the largest all-electric hotel in the United States and a landmark 252-room lifestyle and conference hotel on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Designed by WATG and built by Hensel Phelps, the LEED Gold project is engineered to be carbon-free over time—pairing a fully electric mechanical system with low-voltage, motion-sensor LED guest-room lighting and a high-performance exterior envelope to drive down energy demand. The hotel reactivates a historic Boulder corner, built on a former gas station site that was environmentally restored before construction began.

Horizon’s scope encompassed approximately 29,600 square feet of glazing, including Kawneer 501T storefront across levels 2–6 and Kawneer 1600UT curtain wall at the first floor, delivering the high-performance, thermally efficient glass envelope that supports the building’s aggressive energy targets. Horizon also furnished and installed four large Crown doors, three large Panda doors, and more than 400 linear feet of glass railing with a custom bird-friendly frit pattern. Completed in 2025, the project stands as a benchmark for sustainable hospitality design.