Medical Plaza I

How does Medical Plaza I compare with other medical office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 52 medical office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Medical Plaza I's ENERGY STAR score of 70 compares with an average of 70 across the 45 that report a score; it scores higher than 33% of them and lower than 64%. Its site EUI of 61.4 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below the average of 78.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 67,131 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 79,998 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 6 years earlier than the group's average year built (1986). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Medical Plaza I's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Medical Plaza I, covering report years 2023–2024. Site EUI moved from 56.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 61.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 327 tCO₂e to 346 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 70 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 70 means the building performs better than about 70% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 70 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 5 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. Medical Plaza I's 61.4 kBtu/ft² across 67,131 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,208 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 160.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,078,589 kWh of electricity and 4,390 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Medical Plaza I to report its energy use?

Medical Plaza I 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:3467684:2024). 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.