Sand Point Building 25

How does Sand Point Building 25 compare with other medical office buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 45 medical office buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Sand Point Building 25's ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 60 across the 32 that report a score; it scores higher than 72% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 80.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 88.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,287 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 145,612 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1960, 19 years earlier than the group's average year built (1979). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Sand Point Building 25's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Sand Point Building 25, covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 56 in 2015 to 91 in 2025 (+35 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 94. Site EUI moved from 62.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 80.3 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 29% increase. Reported emissions went from 26 tCO₂e to 28 tCO₂e over the same span (up 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 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. Sand Point Building 25's 80.3 kBtu/ft² across 30,287 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (713 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 204.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 566,464 kWh of electricity and 3,190 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sand Point Building 25 to report its energy use?

Sand Point Building 25 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:40031:2025). 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.