848 Brickell Key Dr

How does 848 Brickell Key Dr compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Miami?

The latest disclosures cover 234 multifamily housing buildings in Miami, out of 434 buildings citywide. 848 Brickell Key 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 37.4 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 37.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 492,316 sq ft, it is about 40% above 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. 848 Brickell Key Dr's 37.4 kBtu/ft² across 492,316 sq ft works out to about 18.4 billion Btu (5,396 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 104.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,402,156 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 12,411 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 848 Brickell Key Dr to report its energy use?

848 Brickell Key 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:M10696:2024). Miami's BE305 requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually, with enforcement phasing in through the 2020s.