10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2

How does 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2 compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 213 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 67 across the 161 that report a score; it scores higher than 42% of them and lower than 57%. Its site EUI of 35.9 kBtu/ft² is about 21% below the average of 45.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 148,902 sq ft, it is about 61% above the average floor area of 92,563 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 32 years later than the group's average year built (1977). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2021 to 67 in 2023 (+8 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 68. Site EUI moved from 36.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 35.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 654 tCO₂e to 519 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Denver, 54% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

Site energy-use intensity (EUI) is the energy a building uses on site in a year divided by its floor area, in thousand Btu per square foot — lower is more efficient. 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2's 35.9 kBtu/ft² across 148,902 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,567 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 676,085 kWh of electricity and 30,438 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2 to report its energy use?

10075 E 40Th Avenue - Bldg 2 reports under the Energize Denver Building Performance Policy, the legal basis of Denver's Energize Denver Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record denver:1580:2023). Energize Denver sets energy-use (EUI) targets for buildings of 25,000+ sq ft — for most buildings an interim target in 2028 and a final target in 2032 — with civil penalties of roughly $0.15–0.35 per kBtu over target for non-compliance.