Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087)

How does Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087) 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. Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087)'s ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 92.7 kBtu/ft² is about 63% above the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 195,843 sq ft, it is about 55% above the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 5 years earlier 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 Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087), covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2021 to 33 in 2023 (-30 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 63. Site EUI moved from 79.1 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 92.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 17% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,208 tCO₂e to 1,319 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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. Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087)'s 92.7 kBtu/ft² across 195,843 sq ft works out to about 18.2 billion Btu (5,321 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,018,849 kWh of electricity and 146,761 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087) to report its energy use?

Retreat At Water'S Edge (Rt087) 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:4684:2023). 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.