Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055)

How does Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 553 multifamily housing buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055)'s ENERGY STAR score of 47 compares with an average of 80 across the 514 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 54.7 kBtu/ft² is about 27% above the average of 43.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 280,208 sq ft, it is about 41% above the average floor area of 198,668 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 26 years later than the group's average year built (1989). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 47 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 49.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 54.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,048 tCO₂e to 1,138 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 47 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 47 means the building performs better than about 47% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 47 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 28 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055)'s 54.7 kBtu/ft² across 280,208 sq ft works out to about 15.3 billion Btu (4,492 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 115.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,738,073 kWh of electricity and 59,910 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055) to report its energy use?

Blvd Forty Four (Pt056) (Pt055) 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:27489120:2024). 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.