Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office

How does Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office compare with other office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 414 office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 63 across the 325 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 15%. Its site EUI of 36.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 66.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 120,900 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 132,356 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2023, 36 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 Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2023 to 88 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 34.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 36.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 330 tCO₂e to 333 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office's 36.1 kBtu/ft² across 120,900 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,279 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 80.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 853,980 kWh of electricity and 14,509 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office to report its energy use?

Asbury Methodist Administration Building-Office 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:25171418:2024). 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.