City Hall (1151)

How does City Hall (1151) compare with other office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 414 office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. City Hall (1151)'s ENERGY STAR score of 39 compares with an average of 63 across the 325 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 99.7 kBtu/ft² is about 50% above the average of 66.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 26,484 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 132,356 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1895, 92 years earlier 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 City Hall (1151)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for City Hall (1151), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2023 to 39 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 46. Site EUI moved from 87.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 99.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 14% increase. Reported emissions went from 192 tCO₂e to 215 tCO₂e over the same span (up 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 39 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 39 means the building performs better than about 39% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 39 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 36 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. City Hall (1151)'s 99.7 kBtu/ft² across 26,484 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (774 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 247.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 631,539 kWh of electricity and 4,848 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires City Hall (1151) to report its energy use?

City Hall (1151) 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:15115853:2024). 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.