3644883_F, Bldg#6, Dorms

How does 3644883_F, Bldg#6, Dorms compare with other other buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 17 other buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 25.7 kBtu/ft² is about 59% below the average of 62.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 29,553 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 61,593 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 14 years later than the group's average year built (1989). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,327 other buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 60 and a site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 25.7 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 3644883_F, Bldg#6, Dorms's 25.7 kBtu/ft² across 29,553 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (223 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 72.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 222,834 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 3644883_F, Bldg#6, Dorms to report its energy use?

3644883_F, Bldg#6, Dorms 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:6030966:2024). 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.