15235 Shady Grove Road

How does 15235 Shady Grove Road compare with other medical office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 52 medical office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. 15235 Shady Grove Road's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 70 across the 45 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 42%. Its site EUI of 55.9 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 78.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 48,065 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 79,998 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 3 years later than the group's average year built (1986). 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 15235 Shady Grove Road's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for 15235 Shady Grove Road, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 32 in 2023 to 82 in 2024 (+50 points). Site EUI moved from 87.8 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 55.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 36% decrease. Reported emissions went from 379 tCO₂e to 236 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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 Montgomery County, 53% 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. 15235 Shady Grove Road's 55.9 kBtu/ft² across 48,065 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (787 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 156.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 787,129 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 15235 Shady Grove Road to report its energy use?

15235 Shady Grove Road reports under the Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21), the legal basis of Montgomery County's Commercial Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record montgomery_county:21292971:2024). Montgomery County's BEPS (Bill 16-21; regulations approved in 2025) sets declining site-EUI standards for buildings of 25,000+ sq ft, with interim and then final standards later this decade and into the 2030s depending on building type.