Lyric 39

How does Lyric 39 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. Lyric 39's ENERGY STAR score of 44 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 51.3 kBtu/ft² is about 10% below the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 44,473 sq ft, it is about 65% below 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 Lyric 39's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Lyric 39, covering report years 2021–2023. Only one of those years carries energy figures.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 44 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 44 means the building performs better than about 44% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 44 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 31 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. Lyric 39's 51.3 kBtu/ft² across 44,473 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (669 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 385,145 kWh of electricity and 9,654 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Lyric 39 to report its energy use?

Lyric 39 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:6281:2023). 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.