Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street

How does Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street compare with other financial office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 10 financial office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 58 across the 7 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 14%. Its site EUI of 53.1 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 62.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 151,000 sq ft, it is about 84% above the average floor area of 82,140 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1990 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 77 in 2023 to 80 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 55.7 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 53.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 756 tCO₂e to 703 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street's 53.1 kBtu/ft² across 151,000 sq ft works out to about 8 billion Btu (2,350 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 148.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,348,929 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street to report its energy use?

Dctc - 8045 Kennett Street 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:1219324:2024). 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.