Viers Mill Baptist Church

How does Viers Mill Baptist Church compare with other worship facility buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 79 worship facility buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. Viers Mill Baptist Church's ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 51 across the 65 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 49.6 kBtu/ft² is about 16% above the average of 42.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 47,200 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 46,476 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1957, 17 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Viers Mill Baptist Church's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for Viers Mill Baptist Church, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2023 to 33 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 51.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 49.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 139 tCO₂e to 136 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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. Viers Mill Baptist Church's 49.6 kBtu/ft² across 47,200 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (686 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 64.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 100,540 kWh of electricity and 19,985 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Viers Mill Baptist Church to report its energy use?

Viers Mill Baptist Church 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:28659204:2024). 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.