2620 16th Street Apartments (th374)

How does 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374) 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. 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374)'s ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 91.0 kBtu/ft² is about 78% 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 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 49% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 31,346 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1965 construction date is close to 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 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 54 in 2022 to 51 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 54. Site EUI moved from 89.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 91.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 176 tCO₂e to 178 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374)'s 91.0 kBtu/ft² across 31,346 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (836 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 137.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 222,608 kWh of electricity, 20,921 therms of natural gas and 3,508 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 2620 16th Street Apartments (th374) to report its energy use?

2620 16th Street Apartments (th374) 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:PM3857676:2024). 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.