Ska Brewing

Currently in the design phase, Ska Brewing’s new headquarters in Durango, CO is planned to eventually expand its brewing capacity to 20,000 barrels annually. Currently Ska Brewing produces 7,000 barrels a year and has reached a point where it can’t grow anymore because it has reached its capacity at the current plant.

The new building will include offices, warehouse facilities, an expanded production area, a bigger tasting room, and an outdoor beer garden. The building will be constructed according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards but the owners will not immediately pursue LEED certification. Team members are currently examining how to reuse water wasted in the brewing process, recycle heat generated during brewing to help melt ice in the parking lot, and install solar thermal panels for heating hot water.

Since early 2007, Earthly Ideas has served as sustainability/LEED consultant for this project and provided sustainable resources and information to the design and construction team.