3025 Ontario Road INC

How does 3025 Ontario Road INC 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. 3025 Ontario Road INC's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 90% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 44.2 kBtu/ft² is about 14% below the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 54,862 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1949, 16 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 3025 Ontario Road INC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for 3025 Ontario Road INC, covering report years 2013–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 93 in 2014 to 98 in 2017 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 55.9 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 44.2 kBtu/ft² (2017), a 21% decrease. Reported emissions went from 204 tCO₂e to 161 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. 3025 Ontario Road INC's 44.2 kBtu/ft² across 54,862 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (711 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 67.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 164,286 kWh of electricity, 18,636 therms of natural gas and 1,072 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3025 Ontario Road INC to report its energy use?

3025 Ontario Road INC 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM4007348:2017). 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.