Hilltop Reserve

How does Hilltop Reserve 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. Hilltop Reserve's ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 37.7 kBtu/ft² is about 34% below the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 286,318 sq ft, it is about 127% above the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2022, 32 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.

How has Hilltop Reserve's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Hilltop Reserve, covering report years 2021–2023. Only one of those years carries energy figures.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. Hilltop Reserve's 37.7 kBtu/ft² across 286,318 sq ft works out to about 10.8 billion Btu (3,163 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 2,207,598 kWh of electricity and 32,739 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Hilltop Reserve to report its energy use?

Hilltop Reserve 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:6218:2023). 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.