Main Church And Friary
Worship Facility in Montgomery County, MD · 1500 St. Camillus Drive · 20903
At a glance
Main Church And Friary is a 27,009-square-foot worship facility at 1500 St. Camillus Drive in Montgomery County, Maryland, built in 1954. In its 2024 Montgomery County benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 45.5 kBtu/ft² and 78 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 45.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 71.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 78 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 105,834 kWh |
| Natural gas | 8,683 therms |
| Gross floor area | 27,009 sq ft |
| Source record | montgomery_county:5102414:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 45.5 kBtu/ft² | 78 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 41.6 kBtu/ft² | 72 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1500 St. Camillus Drive
- State
- Maryland
- ZIP
- 20903
Within ~1 km
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How does Main Church And Friary 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. Its site EUI of 45.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 42.9 kBtu/ft².
At 27,009 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 46,476 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1954, 20 years earlier 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 Main Church And Friary's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Main Church And Friary, covering report years 2023–2024. Site EUI moved from 41.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 45.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 72 tCO₂e to 78 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).
What does a site EUI of 45.5 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Main Church And Friary's 45.5 kBtu/ft² across 27,009 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (360 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 71.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 105,834 kWh of electricity and 8,683 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Main Church And Friary to report its energy use?
Main Church And Friary 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:5102414:2024). 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.
More worship facility buildings in Montgomery County
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- First Alliance Church· 25,830 sq ft · score 64 (C)
- Gaithersburg Church Of The Nazarene· 25,788 sq ft · score 19 (D)
- Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church· 25,700 sq ft · score 32 (D)
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Frequently asked questions
What is Main Church And Friary's energy grade?
Main Church And Friary did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 45.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Main Church And Friary use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 45.5 kBtu/ft² (71.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 27,009 sq ft, including 105,834 kWh of electricity and 8,683 therms of natural gas.
What are Main Church And Friary's carbon emissions?
Main Church And Friary reported 78 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2024.
Where is Main Church And Friary?
Main Church And Friary is at 1500 St. Camillus Drive, in Montgomery County, Maryland 20903.
How big is Main Church And Friary and when was it built?
Main Church And Friary has 27,009 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1954 as its year built. It is classed as worship facility.
Is Main Church And Friary covered by the Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Commercial Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21).
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About this data
Source: Commercial Building Energy Benchmarking (Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21)), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Main Church And Friary, Montgomery County, Maryland — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/montgomery-county/main-church-and-friary-202ffaf7 (data as of October 2, 2026).