Bethesda Place Ii

How does Bethesda Place Ii compare with other office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 414 office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Bethesda Place Ii's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 63 across the 325 that report a score; it scores higher than 77% of them and lower than 22%. Its site EUI of 59.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 66.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 212,185 sq ft, it is about 60% above the average floor area of 132,356 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 14 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 Bethesda Place Ii's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Bethesda Place Ii, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 85 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 59.5 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 59.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,134 tCO₂e to 1,116 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 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 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 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. Bethesda Place Ii's 59.9 kBtu/ft² across 212,185 sq ft works out to about 12.7 billion Btu (3,725 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 167.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,725,828 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Bethesda Place Ii to report its energy use?

Bethesda Place Ii 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:1431154:2024). 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.