3500 Coral Way

How does 3500 Coral Way compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Miami?

The latest disclosures cover 234 multifamily housing buildings in Miami, out of 434 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 23.8 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 37.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 237,842 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 351,404 sq ft for those buildings. 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.

What does a site EUI of 23.8 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 3500 Coral Way's 23.8 kBtu/ft² across 237,842 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,659 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 66.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,655,681 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 7,633 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3500 Coral Way to report its energy use?

3500 Coral Way reports under BE305 Benchmarking Ordinance, the legal basis of Miami's Building Efficiency 305 (BE305) program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record miami:M10324:2024). Miami's BE305 requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually, with enforcement phasing in through the 2020s.