8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26)

How does 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26) compare with other office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 414 office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26)'s ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 63 across the 325 that report a score; it scores higher than 66% of them and lower than 33%. Its site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft² is about 13% below the average of 66.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 192,771 sq ft, it is about 46% above the average floor area of 132,356 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 17 years later than the group's average year built (1987). 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 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 79 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 57.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 57.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 935 tCO₂e to 927 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26)'s 57.7 kBtu/ft² across 192,771 sq ft works out to about 11.1 billion Btu (3,260 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 148.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,843,258 kWh of electricity and 14,236 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26) to report its energy use?

8515 Georgia Avenue (Gv23,Gv26) 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:1347611:2024). 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.