In highly seismic regions, many buildings lack modern energy dissipation mechanisms, increasing their vulnerability. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the distribution of seismic energy across the different levels of prototype structures with 3, 6, and 9 stories, retrofitted with CRP-type hysteretic dampers, using the energy balance method. The capacity curves of each structure were initially determined using nonlinear pushover analysis; subsequently, the retrofitted models were evaluated with two types of nonlinear dynamic analyses. The first, using three ground motions scaled to the design level, showed a significant reduction in distortions after retrofitting. The second, with 25 ground motion records scaled up to the collapse threshold, allowed an assessment of the accumulation and distribution of dissipated energy on each floor. The processing of displacement and shear force...