4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE

How does 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE 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. 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 84% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 32.0 kBtu/ft² is about 37% 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 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 73,236 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 4 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 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Washington, DC disclosures for 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE, covering report years 2014–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 85 in 2014 to 96 in 2024 (+11 points). Site EUI moved from 59.7 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 32.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 46% decrease. Reported emissions went from 331 tCO₂e to 167 tCO₂e over the same span (down 50%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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. 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE's 32.0 kBtu/ft² across 73,236 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (687 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 62.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 359,204 kWh of electricity, 11,189 therms of natural gas and 5,255 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE to report its energy use?

4200-4240 S Capitol Street SE 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:PM4580670:2024). 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.