The Whitney (Wy69)

How does The Whitney (Wy69) 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. The Whitney (Wy69)'s ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 80 across the 514 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 44.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 43.2 kBtu/ft².

At 331,824 sq ft, it is about 67% above the average floor area of 198,668 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 14 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.

How has The Whitney (Wy69)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for The Whitney (Wy69), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2023 to 81 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 42.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 44.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,066 tCO₂e to 1,103 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. The Whitney (Wy69)'s 44.8 kBtu/ft² across 331,824 sq ft works out to about 14.9 billion Btu (4,357 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 94.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,657,631 kWh of electricity and 57,889 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires The Whitney (Wy69) to report its energy use?

The Whitney (Wy69) 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:4380803:2024). 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.