Our Lady Of Lourdes

How does Our Lady Of Lourdes compare with other K-12 school buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 56 K-12 school buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Our Lady Of Lourdes's ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 56 across the 51 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 69.7 kBtu/ft² is about 38% above the average of 50.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 49,181 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 74,897 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1941, 35 years earlier than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Our Lady Of Lourdes's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Our Lady Of Lourdes, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 64 in 2023 to 69 in 2024 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 70.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 69.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 212 tCO₂e to 208 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. Our Lady Of Lourdes's 69.7 kBtu/ft² across 49,181 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (1,005 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 99.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 216,936 kWh of electricity and 26,876 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Our Lady Of Lourdes to report its energy use?

Our Lady Of Lourdes 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:5885843:2024). 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.