0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square)

How does 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square) compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square)'s ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 40.7 kBtu/ft² is about 27% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 191,206 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2006, 32 years later than the group's average year built (1974). 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 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 13 Washington, DC disclosures for 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square), covering report years 2012–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2013 to 71 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2014, at 100. Site EUI moved from 60.2 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 40.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 32% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,412 tCO₂e to 619 tCO₂e over the same span (down 56%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Washington, DC, 47% 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. 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square)'s 40.7 kBtu/ft² across 191,206 sq ft works out to about 7.8 billion Btu (2,281 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 113.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,269,850 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 3,335 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square) to report its energy use?

0975 F Street NW (Carroll Square) reports under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS, the legal basis of Washington, DC's 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 dc:PM1326900:2024). DC's Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) require buildings below the performance standard to improve over compliance cycles (the first ends December 31, 2026; later cycles run five years), with penalties for buildings that fail to meet their pathway.