2700 Wisconsin Ave NW

How does 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW 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. 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW's ENERGY STAR score of 38 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 98.8 kBtu/ft² is about twice 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 6.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 55,355 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1942, 23 years earlier 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 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW, covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 24 in 2021 to 38 in 2022 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 107.3 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 98.8 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 389 tCO₂e to 353 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 38 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 38 means the building performs better than about 38% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 38 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 37 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. 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW's 98.8 kBtu/ft² across 55,355 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,603 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 157.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 497,214 kWh of electricity, 37,748 therms of natural gas and 547 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 2700 Wisconsin Ave NW to report its energy use?

2700 Wisconsin Ave NW 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 2022 disclosure (source record dc:PM19927306:2022). 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.