Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152)

How does Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 553 multifamily housing buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152)'s ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 80 across the 514 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 84%. Its site EUI of 41.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 43.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 192,498 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 198,668 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1996, 7 years later than the group's average year built (1989). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152)'s 41.2 kBtu/ft² across 192,498 sq ft works out to about 7.9 billion Btu (2,324 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 99.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,798,588 kWh of electricity and 18,009 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152) to report its energy use?

Strathmore Court At White Flint (Sr152) 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:4564060:2024). 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.