Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center

How does Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center compare with other K-12 school buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 153 K-12 school buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 71 across the 152 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 34.2 kBtu/ft² is about 11% below the average of 38.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% below the group average of 1.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 63,500 sq ft, it is about 20% below the average floor area of 79,329 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 44 years later than the group's average year built (1970). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center, covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score was 72 in both 2015 and 2025. Site EUI moved from 34.7 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 34.2 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 49 tCO₂e to 52 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center's 34.2 kBtu/ft² across 63,500 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (636 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 71.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 378,444 kWh of electricity and 8,782 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center to report its energy use?

Lakeside Building- Paul Allen Athletic Center 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:49850:2025). 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.