Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3

How does Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3 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. Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 26%. Its site EUI of 51.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 41,716 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 28 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3's 51.9 kBtu/ft² across 41,716 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (635 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 181,244 kWh of electricity and 15,477 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3 to report its energy use?

Colorado Station Bldg. 2 And 3 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:6516:2023). 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.