Canyon Club Condos

How does Canyon Club Condos compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 1,108 multifamily housing buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. Canyon Club Condos's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 42%. Its site EUI of 63.2 kBtu/ft² is about 11% above the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 228,974 sq ft, it is about 82% above the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 21 years earlier than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Canyon Club Condos's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Canyon Club Condos, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2021 to 88 in 2023 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 65.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 63.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,160 tCO₂e to 1,102 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Canyon Club Condos's 63.2 kBtu/ft² across 228,974 sq ft works out to about 14.5 billion Btu (4,241 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 958,033 kWh of electricity and 111,969 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Canyon Club Condos to report its energy use?

Canyon Club Condos 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:5980:2023). 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.