Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association

How does Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association 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. Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 46%. Its site EUI of 28.3 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 29,151 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 31 years later 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 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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. Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association's 28.3 kBtu/ft² across 29,151 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (242 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 241,770 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association to report its energy use?

Crescendo At Aria Condominium Association 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:6412:2023). 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.