4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE

How does 4715-4721 Texas Avenue 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. 4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 44.9 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,777 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1966 construction date is close to 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 4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for 4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 44 in 2023 to 54 in 2024 (+10 points). Site EUI moved from 45.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 44.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 98 tCO₂e to 95 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. 4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE's 44.9 kBtu/ft² across 27,777 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (366 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 98.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 239,329 kWh of electricity, 4,304 therms of natural gas and 1,655 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 4715-4721 Texas Avenue SE to report its energy use?

4715-4721 Texas Avenue 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:PM32616597:2024). 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.