2200 Pennsylvania Avenue

How does 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them and lower than 15%. Its site EUI of 31.4 kBtu/ft² is about 44% 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 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 516,737 sq ft, it is about 139% above the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 37 years later than 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 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 13 Washington, DC disclosures for 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, covering report years 2012–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2012 to 87 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2014, at 92. Site EUI moved from 40.9 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 31.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,138 tCO₂e to 1,422 tCO₂e over the same span (down 55%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue's 31.4 kBtu/ft² across 516,737 sq ft works out to about 16.2 billion Btu (4,755 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 87.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,744,894 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 4,366 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue to report its energy use?

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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:PM2951555:2024). 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.