Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture)

How does Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture) compare with other office buildings in Seattle?

The latest disclosures cover 497 office buildings in Seattle, out of 3,871 buildings citywide. Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture)'s ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 76 across the 378 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 50.5 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 0.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,370 sq ft, it is about 68% below the average floor area of 196,452 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1907, 58 years earlier 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 Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Seattle disclosures for Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture), covering report years 2015–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2015 to 59 in 2025 (+29 points). Site EUI moved from 72.4 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 50.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 30% decrease. Reported emissions went from 25 tCO₂e to 40 tCO₂e over the same span (up 61%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture)'s 50.5 kBtu/ft² across 62,370 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (923 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 128.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 795,984 kWh of electricity and 4,650 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture) to report its energy use?

Taylor Edwards Building(Formerly Mckinnon Furniture) 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:783:2025). 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.