3825 Georgia

How does 3825 Georgia 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. 3825 Georgia's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 37.5 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 25,689 sq ft, it is about 81% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 52 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 3825 Georgia's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 3825 Georgia, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2022 to 72 in 2024 (-14 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 86. Site EUI moved from 33.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 37.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 13% increase. Reported emissions went from 77 tCO₂e to 85 tCO₂e over the same span (up 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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. 3825 Georgia's 37.5 kBtu/ft² across 25,689 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (282 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 104.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 282,057 kWh of electricity, 8 therms of natural gas and 507 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3825 Georgia to report its energy use?

3825 Georgia 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:PM19078206:2024). 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.