Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2

How does Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2 compare with other office buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 497 office buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2's ENERGY STAR score of 23 compares with an average of 76 across the 378 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 65.5 kBtu/ft² is about 46% above the average of 44.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 38,121 sq ft, it is about 81% below the average floor area of 196,452 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 9 years later than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Seattle disclosures for Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2, covering report years 2021–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 39 in 2021 to 23 in 2025 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 39. Site EUI moved from 54.2 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 65.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 21% increase. Reported emissions went from 13 tCO₂e to 16 tCO₂e over the same span (up 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 23 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 23 means the building performs better than about 23% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 23 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 52 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. Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2's 65.5 kBtu/ft² across 38,121 sq ft works out to about 2.5 billion Btu (732 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 183.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 801,840 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2 to report its energy use?

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center - Medical Art Building #2 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:23070:2025). 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.