Caroline Kline Galland Home

How does Caroline Kline Galland Home compare with other senior living community buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 48 senior living community buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Caroline Kline Galland Home's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 72 across the 40 that report a score; it scores higher than 65% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 147.0 kBtu/ft² is about 120% above the average of 66.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 227% above the group average of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 141,297 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 136,458 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1967, 24 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Caroline Kline Galland Home's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Caroline Kline Galland Home, covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2015 to 93 in 2025 (+24 points); its best year on file was 2024, at 93. Site EUI moved from 134.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 147.0 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 689 tCO₂e to 697 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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 Seattle, 69% 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. Caroline Kline Galland Home's 147.0 kBtu/ft² across 141,297 sq ft works out to about 20.8 billion Btu (6,087 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 235.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,697,169 kWh of electricity and 126,581 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Caroline Kline Galland Home to report its energy use?

Caroline Kline Galland Home reports under the Seattle Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SMC 22.920), the legal basis of Seattle's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record seattle:26157:2025). Seattle's Building Emissions Performance Standard (adopted 2023) applies to buildings over 20,000 sq ft: benchmarking verification is due 2027–2030 and initial emissions targets 2031–2035, reaching net zero by 2041–2050, with fines for non-compliance.