Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator

How does Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator compare with other retail store buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 68 retail store buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 73 across the 50 that report a score; it scores higher than 86% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 24.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 45.9 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 48,139 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 70,593 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator, covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2015 to 99 in 2025 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 100. Site EUI moved from 19.2 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 24.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 29% increase. Reported emissions went from 18 tCO₂e to 33 tCO₂e over the same span (up 77%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 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. Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator's 24.8 kBtu/ft² across 48,139 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (350 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 44.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 122,866 kWh of electricity and 5,747 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator to report its energy use?

Office Depot & Carpet Liquidator 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:19774:2025). 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.