5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210)

How does 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210) 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. 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210)'s ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 35% of them and lower than 64%. Its site EUI of 72.9 kBtu/ft² is about 43% above the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,943 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 3 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 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210), covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 62 in 2022 to 68 in 2024 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 77.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 72.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 137 tCO₂e to 129 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 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. 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210)'s 72.9 kBtu/ft² across 26,943 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (576 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 123.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 209,507 kWh of electricity, 12,498 therms of natural gas and 3,038 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210) to report its energy use?

5100 Conn Ave Apartments (cn210) 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:PM3857675:2024). 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.