5925 14th Street NW

How does 5925 14th Street NW 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. 5925 14th Street NW's ENERGY STAR score of 60 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft² is about 38% 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,666 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 25 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 5925 14th Street NW's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for 5925 14th Street NW, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 43 in 2022 to 60 in 2024 (+17 points). Site EUI moved from 76.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 70.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 122 tCO₂e to 110 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 60 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 60 means the building performs better than about 60% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 60 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 15 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. 5925 14th Street NW's 70.7 kBtu/ft² across 26,666 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (553 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 92.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 79,772 kWh of electricity, 16,121 therms of natural gas and 1,647 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5925 14th Street NW to report its energy use?

5925 14th Street NW 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:PM18459903:2024). 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.