1234 Massachusetts Avenue NW

How does 1234 Massachusetts Avenue NW compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 1,799 multifamily housing buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 50.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 258,603 sq ft, it is about 90% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 4 years later than the group's average year built (1965). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 50.1 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 1234 Massachusetts Avenue NW's 50.1 kBtu/ft² across 258,603 sq ft works out to about 13 billion Btu (3,797 MWh-equivalent) in 2012. Its source EUI of 115.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,086,446 kWh of electricity and 58,368 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1234 Massachusetts Avenue NW to report its energy use?

1234 Massachusetts Avenue NW 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 2012 disclosure (source record dc:PM3518107:2012). 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.