Park Place (1610 Little Raven)

How does Park Place (1610 Little Raven) 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. Park Place (1610 Little Raven)'s ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 38.0 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 144,862 sq ft, it is about 15% above the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 12 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 Park Place (1610 Little Raven)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Park Place (1610 Little Raven), covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2021 to 79 in 2023 (-21 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 100. Site EUI moved from 26.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 38.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 46% increase. Reported emissions went from 442 tCO₂e to 748 tCO₂e over the same span (up 69%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. Park Place (1610 Little Raven)'s 38.0 kBtu/ft² across 144,862 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,613 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,126,257 kWh of electricity and 28,610 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Park Place (1610 Little Raven) to report its energy use?

Park Place (1610 Little Raven) 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:2459:2023). 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.