7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv)

How does 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv) compare with other office buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 427 office buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv)'s ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 71 across the 339 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 49.7 kBtu/ft² is about 26% below the average of 67.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 142,194 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 157,927 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 19 years later than 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 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv), covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2021 to 73 in 2023 (-15 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 88. Site EUI moved from 54.5 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 49.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,274 tCO₂e to 1,088 tCO₂e over the same span (down 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv)'s 49.7 kBtu/ft² across 142,194 sq ft works out to about 7.1 billion Btu (2,071 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 2,051,003 kWh of electricity and 642 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv) to report its energy use?

7901 East Lowry Blvd Denver Co (Quad At Lowry Iv) 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:4059:2023). 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.