1 Woodrow WIlson Ct

How does 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge?

The latest disclosures cover 187 multifamily housing buildings in Cambridge, out of 902 buildings citywide. 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 75 across the 155 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 71.3 kBtu/ft² is about 25% above the average of 56.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 72,970 sq ft, it is about 45% below the average floor area of 132,415 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1949, 24 years earlier than the group's average year built (1973). 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 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 10 Cambridge disclosures for 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct, covering report years 2015–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 48 in 2015 to 62 in 2024 (+14 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 80. Site EUI moved from 81.6 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 71.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 341 tCO₂e to 292 tCO₂e over the same span (down 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Cambridge, 50% 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. 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct's 71.3 kBtu/ft² across 72,970 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,525 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 94.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 238,798 kWh of electricity, 43,902 therms of natural gas and 3,113 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1 Woodrow WIlson Ct to report its energy use?

1 Woodrow WIlson Ct reports under BEUDO, the legal basis of Cambridge's Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO), which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record cambridge:B1443:2024). Cambridge's 2023 BEUDO amendments require non-residential buildings of 100,000+ sq ft to reach net-zero emissions by 2035 (reductions starting 2026) and those of 25,000–100,000 sq ft by 2050 (starting 2030).