1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace)

How does 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace) 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. 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace)'s ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 50%. Its site EUI of 64.8 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,739 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. 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 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace), covering report years 2013–2018. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2014 to 78 in 2018 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 80. Site EUI moved from 69.0 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 64.8 kBtu/ft² (2018), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 229 tCO₂e to 202 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 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. 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace)'s 64.8 kBtu/ft² across 50,739 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (964 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. Its source EUI of 87.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 163,287 kWh of electricity, 27,304 therms of natural gas and 1,331 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace) to report its energy use?

1365 Kennedy St NW (Madison Terrace) 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 2018 disclosure (source record dc:PM4000672:2018). 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.