1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080)

How does 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080) compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080)'s ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 75% of them and lower than 23%. Its site EUI of 67.9 kBtu/ft² is about 22% above the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% above the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 73,594 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1970, 4 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 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080), covering report years 2013–2015. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 83 in 2013 to 84 in 2015 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 65.7 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 67.9 kBtu/ft² (2015), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 450 tCO₂e to 447 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 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 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. 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080)'s 67.9 kBtu/ft² across 73,594 sq ft works out to about 5 billion Btu (1,464 MWh-equivalent) in 2015. Its source EUI of 135.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 659,400 kWh of electricity, 27,486 therms of natural gas and 827 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080) to report its energy use?

1101 16th St NW (DC Real Property identifier: 1970080) 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 2015 disclosure (source record dc:PM4376211:2015). 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.