1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest

How does 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 94% of them and lower than 5%. Its site EUI of 42.1 kBtu/ft² is about 24% 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 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 88,717 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1954, 20 years earlier 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 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2019 to 93 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 48.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 42.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 333 tCO₂e to 268 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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 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. 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest's 42.1 kBtu/ft² across 88,717 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,095 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 84.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 592,188 kWh of electricity, 17,149 therms of natural gas and 927 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest to report its energy use?

1012 14th Street NW: 1012 14th Street Northwest 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:PM6182212:2024). 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.