1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street

How does 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street 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. 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 42 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 83.3 kBtu/ft² is about 63% above the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 111,846 sq ft, it is about 18% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 9 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 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Washington, DC disclosures for 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street, covering report years 2017–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2017 to 42 in 2024 (+12 points). Site EUI moved from 75.2 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 83.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 876 tCO₂e to 587 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 42 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 42 means the building performs better than about 42% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 42 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 33 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street's 83.3 kBtu/ft² across 111,846 sq ft works out to about 9.3 billion Btu (2,730 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 145.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,090,833 kWh of electricity, 54,672 therms of natural gas and 6,976 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street to report its energy use?

1330 7th Street: 1330 7th Street 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:PM6235419:2024). 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.