Sg 8

How does Sg 8 compare with other distribution center buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 15 distribution center buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Sg 8's ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 46 across the 11 that report a score; it scores higher than 73% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 32.6 kBtu/ft² is about 14% below the average of 37.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 73,288 sq ft, it is about 25% below the average floor area of 98,038 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 5 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Sg 8's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Sg 8, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 55 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 31.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 32.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 186 tCO₂e to 190 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. Sg 8's 32.6 kBtu/ft² across 73,288 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (700 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 535,067 kWh of electricity and 5,618 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sg 8 to report its energy use?

Sg 8 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:25409710:2024). 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.