Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center

How does Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center compare with other worship facility buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 79 worship facility buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 51 across the 65 that report a score; it scores higher than 60% of them and lower than 38%. Its site EUI of 35.1 kBtu/ft² is about 18% below the average of 42.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 63,992 sq ft, it is about 38% above the average floor area of 46,476 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 28 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 61 in 2023 to 62 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 35.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 35.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 141 tCO₂e to 141 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center's 35.1 kBtu/ft² across 63,992 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (658 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 53.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 178,489 kWh of electricity and 16,395 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center to report its energy use?

Copy Of St Andrew Kim Church/Banquet Hall/Education Center 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:6857995:2024). 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.