1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13)

How does 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13) 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. 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13)'s ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 46%. Its site EUI of 42.8 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,843 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 51 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.

How has 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 82 in 2022 to 81 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 82. Site EUI moved from 42.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 42.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 211 tCO₂e to 210 tCO₂e over the same span (down 0%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 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. 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13)'s 42.8 kBtu/ft² across 62,843 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (788 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 99.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 572,778 kWh of electricity, 7,330 therms of natural gas and 1,996 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13) to report its energy use?

1311 13th Street NW (Logan 13) 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:PM19842342:2024). 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.