Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th

How does Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 213 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 67 across the 161 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 34.9 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 45.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 235,029 sq ft, it is about 154% above the average floor area of 92,563 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1996, 19 years later than the group's average year built (1977). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 55 in 2021 to 78 in 2023 (+23 points). Site EUI moved from 35.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 34.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 872 tCO₂e to 727 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th's 34.9 kBtu/ft² across 235,029 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,404 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 836,112 kWh of electricity and 53,594 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th to report its energy use?

Denver Business Center 5 - 11175 E 55Th 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:1192:2023). 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.