Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums

How does Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums 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. Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 78 across the 956 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 62.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 57.0 kBtu/ft².

At 47,681 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 126,139 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 17 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 Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Denver disclosures for Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 57 in 2021 to 67 in 2023 (+10 points). Site EUI moved from 68.3 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 62.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 225 tCO₂e to 201 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 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. Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums's 62.1 kBtu/ft² across 47,681 sq ft works out to about 3 billion Btu (868 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 217,277 kWh of electricity and 16,140 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums to report its energy use?

Wonderland At City Park South Condominiums 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:5946:2023). 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.