Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility)

How does Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility) 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. Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility)'s ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 72 across the 40 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 75.5 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 47,258 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 136,458 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2019, 28 years later 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 Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Seattle disclosures for Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility), covering report years 2020–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2021 to 64 in 2025 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 64. Site EUI moved from 56.3 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 75.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 34% increase. Reported emissions went from 13 tCO₂e to 72 tCO₂e over the same span (up 465%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility)'s 75.5 kBtu/ft² across 47,258 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,046 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 166.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 642,388 kWh of electricity and 11,338 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility) to report its energy use?

Quail Park Of West Seattle (Memory Care Facility) 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:50463:2025). 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.