Van Dyke

How does Van Dyke 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. Van Dyke's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft² is about 36% above the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 159,221 sq ft, it is about 26% above the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 17 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 Van Dyke's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Van Dyke, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2022 to 90 in 2023 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 94. Site EUI moved from 78.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 77.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 682 tCO₂e to 783 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Van Dyke's 77.8 kBtu/ft² across 159,221 sq ft works out to about 12.4 billion Btu (3,630 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 375,040 kWh of electricity and 111,130 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Van Dyke to report its energy use?

Van Dyke 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:4445:2023). 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.