Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters

How does Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters 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. Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters's ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 58 across the 7 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 120.2 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 62.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 29,309 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 82,140 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 12 years later than 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 Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2023 to 22 in 2024 (-11 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 33. Site EUI moved from 101.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 120.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 18% increase. Reported emissions went from 268 tCO₂e to 309 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 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. Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters's 120.2 kBtu/ft² across 29,309 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,032 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 336.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,032,915 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters to report its energy use?

Lafayette Federal Credit Union Headquarters 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:27975947:2024). 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.