Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430

How does Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430 compare with other office buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 414 office buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430's ENERGY STAR score of 30 compares with an average of 63 across the 325 that report a score; it scores higher than 12% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 73.5 kBtu/ft² is about 11% above the average of 66.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 31,942 sq ft, it is about 76% below the average floor area of 132,356 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1987). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2023 to 30 in 2024 (-62 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 92. Site EUI moved from 37.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 73.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 99% increase. Reported emissions went from 77 tCO₂e to 188 tCO₂e over the same span (up 144%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 30 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 30 means the building performs better than about 30% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 30 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 45 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. Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430's 73.5 kBtu/ft² across 31,942 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (688 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 177.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 537,420 kWh of electricity and 5,133 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430 to report its energy use?

Rock Creek Century Llc, 20430 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:16881955:2024). 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.