770 Claughton Island Dr

How does 770 Claughton Island Dr compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Miami?

The latest disclosures cover 234 multifamily housing buildings in Miami, out of 434 buildings citywide. 770 Claughton Island Dr's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 80 across the 224 that report a score; it scores higher than 30% of them and lower than 69%. Its site EUI of 47.9 kBtu/ft² is about 27% above the average of 37.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 307,365 sq ft, it is about 13% 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 an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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 Miami, 65% 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. 770 Claughton Island Dr's 47.9 kBtu/ft² across 307,365 sq ft works out to about 14.7 billion Btu (4,315 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 134.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,312,008 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 15,605 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 770 Claughton Island Dr to report its energy use?

770 Claughton Island Dr 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:M10473:2024). Miami's BE305 requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually, with enforcement phasing in through the 2020s.