Hertz Rental Car

How does Hertz Rental Car compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in Denver?

The latest disclosures cover 19 vehicle dealership buildings in Denver, out of 3,287 buildings citywide. Hertz Rental Car's ENERGY STAR score of 1 compares with an average of 44 across the 18 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 693.1 kBtu/ft² is about 390% above the average of 141.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 27,755 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 51,633 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1996, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 318 vehicle dealership buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 57 and a site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Hertz Rental Car's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Hertz Rental Car, covering report years 2021–2023. Site EUI moved from 624.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 693.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,686 tCO₂e to 1,832 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 1 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: 1 is the bottom of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 1 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 74 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. Hertz Rental Car's 693.1 kBtu/ft² across 27,755 sq ft works out to about 19.2 billion Btu (5,638 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 2,330,545 kWh of electricity and 112,855 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Hertz Rental Car to report its energy use?

Hertz Rental Car 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:5314:2023). 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.