600 Kenilworth Terrace NE

How does 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE 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. 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 50%. Its site EUI of 37.6 kBtu/ft² is about 26% 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 146,226 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 51 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 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 75 in 2023 to 78 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 37.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 37.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 477 tCO₂e to 482 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE's 37.6 kBtu/ft² across 146,226 sq ft works out to about 5.5 billion Btu (1,611 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 105.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,610,139 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 7,050 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 600 Kenilworth Terrace NE to report its energy use?

600 Kenilworth Terrace NE 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:PM35168600:2024). 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.