5617 Nw 7Th St

How does 5617 Nw 7Th St compare with other residential care facility buildings in Miami?

The latest disclosures cover 6 residential care facility buildings in Miami, out of 434 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 53.4 kBtu/ft² is about 39% below the average of 87.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 153,429 sq ft, it is about 78% above the average floor area of 86,315 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 321 residential care facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 41 and a site EUI of 94.2 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 53.4 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. 5617 Nw 7Th St's 53.4 kBtu/ft² across 153,429 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,401 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 128.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,851,488 kWh of electricity, 18,741 therms of natural gas and 7,806 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5617 Nw 7Th St to report its energy use?

5617 Nw 7Th St 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:M10431:2024). Miami's BE305 requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually, with enforcement phasing in through the 2020s.