1220 19th Street (tq28)

How does 1220 19th Street (tq28) compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 1220 19th Street (tq28)'s ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 72% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 40.8 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 99,499 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1975 construction date is close to 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 1220 19th Street (tq28)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for 1220 19th Street (tq28), covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2013 to 83 in 2024 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2015, at 89. Site EUI moved from 56.6 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 40.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 28% decrease. Reported emissions went from 636 tCO₂e to 332 tCO₂e over the same span (down 48%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 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. 1220 19th Street (tq28)'s 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 99,499 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,190 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 102.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 985,111 kWh of electricity, 6,874 therms of natural gas and 1,642 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1220 19th Street (tq28) to report its energy use?

1220 19th Street (tq28) 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:PM1556347:2024). 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.