63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue

How does 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue compare with other senior living community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 17 senior living community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 30 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 95.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 91.8 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 82,869 sq ft, it is about 26% below the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 40 years later than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 25 in 2018 to 30 in 2024 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 36. Site EUI moved from 110.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 95.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 729 tCO₂e to 591 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 30 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 30 means the building performs better than about 30% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 30 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 45 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. 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue's 95.0 kBtu/ft² across 82,869 sq ft works out to about 7.9 billion Btu (2,307 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 205.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,461,693 kWh of electricity, 28,856 therms of natural gas and 6,232 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue to report its energy use?

63110-Sunrise on Connecticut Avenue 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:PM1435941:2024). 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.