6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave

How does 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave compare with other office buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 427 office buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 71 across the 339 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 80.4 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 67.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 128,471 sq ft, it is about 19% below the average floor area of 157,927 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1979 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1980). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2021 to 71 in 2023 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 72. Site EUI moved from 80.0 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 80.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 961 tCO₂e to 986 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave's 80.4 kBtu/ft² across 128,471 sq ft works out to about 10.3 billion Btu (3,027 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,258,677 kWh of electricity and 60,313 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave to report its energy use?

6795 - 6825 East Tennessee Ave 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:4348:2023). 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.