Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home)

How does Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 1,971 multifamily housing buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home)'s ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 83 across the 1,652 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 40.8 kBtu/ft² is about 17% above the average of 34.9 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 43% below the group average of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 22,082 sq ft, it is about 74% below the average floor area of 86,468 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1978, 5 years earlier than the group's average year built (1983). 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.

How has Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home), covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 14 in 2015 to 51 in 2025 (+37 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 78. Site EUI moved from 48.5 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 40.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 11 tCO₂e to 9 tCO₂e over the same span (down 23%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home)'s 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 22,082 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (264 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 108.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 234,512 kWh of electricity and 758 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care Home) to report its energy use?

Pioneer Fellowship House (Group Care 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:21674:2025). 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.