2950 Van Ness Street NW
At a glance
2950 Van Ness Street NW is a 184,915-square-foot multifamily housing building in Washington, DC, built in 1977. In its 2012 Washington, DC benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 13.6 kBtu/ft² and 406 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS · reporting year 2012
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 13.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 42.9 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 406 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 815,237 kWh |
| Natural gas | 2,337 therms |
| Gross floor area | 184,915 sq ft |
| Source record | dc:PM3512753:2012 |
Compliance context
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS
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.
Ownership
SMITH PROPERTY HOLDINGS KENMORE LP
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Location
- Address
- 2950 Van Ness Street NW
- City
- Washington, DC
- State
- District of Columbia
- Coordinates
- 38.94284, -77.06119
Within ~1 km
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How does 2950 Van Ness Street 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. Its site EUI of 13.6 kBtu/ft² is about 73% below the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 184,915 sq ft, it is about 36% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1977, 12 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.
What does a site EUI of 13.6 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. 2950 Van Ness Street NW's 13.6 kBtu/ft² across 184,915 sq ft works out to about 2.5 billion Btu (737 MWh-equivalent) in 2012. Its source EUI of 42.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 815,237 kWh of electricity and 2,337 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 2950 Van Ness Street NW to report its energy use?
2950 Van Ness Street 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 2012 disclosure (source record dc:PM3512753:2012). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 2950 Van Ness Street NW's energy grade?
2950 Van Ness Street NW did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2012 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 13.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 2950 Van Ness Street NW use?
Its 2012 site energy-use intensity was 13.6 kBtu/ft² (42.9 kBtu/ft² source) across 184,915 sq ft, including 815,237 kWh of electricity and 2,337 therms of natural gas.
What are 2950 Van Ness Street NW's carbon emissions?
2950 Van Ness Street NW reported 406 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2012.
Where is 2950 Van Ness Street NW?
2950 Van Ness Street NW is in Washington, DC. Its coordinates are 38.94284, -77.06119 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is 2950 Van Ness Street NW and when was it built?
2950 Van Ness Street NW has 184,915 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2012 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1977 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 2950 Van Ness Street NW covered by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS?
Yes — it appears in the 2012 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “2950 Van Ness Street NW, Washington, DC — 2012 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/washington-dc/2950-van-ness-street-nw-9c9a5b11 (data as of July 9, 2026).