3333 Wisconsin Avenue

How does 3333 Wisconsin Avenue 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. 3333 Wisconsin Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 42.8 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 105,023 sq ft, it is about 23% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 9 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.

How has 3333 Wisconsin Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Washington, DC disclosures for 3333 Wisconsin Avenue, covering report years 2014–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2014 to 58 in 2017 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2014, at 76. Site EUI moved from 37.0 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 42.8 kBtu/ft² (2017), an 16% increase. Reported emissions went from 505 tCO₂e to 457 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. 3333 Wisconsin Avenue's 42.8 kBtu/ft² across 105,023 sq ft works out to about 4.5 billion Btu (1,317 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 120.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,106,711 kWh of electricity, 7,216 therms of natural gas and 8,602 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3333 Wisconsin Avenue to report its energy use?

3333 Wisconsin 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM4007793:2017). 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.