90 K Street NE - Washington

How does 90 K Street NE - Washington compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. 90 K Street NE - Washington's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 70% of them and lower than 28%. Its site EUI of 40.0 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 435,400 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 35 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 90 K Street NE - Washington's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Washington, DC disclosures for 90 K Street NE - Washington, covering report years 2014–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2014 to 82 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 87. Site EUI moved from 51.0 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 40.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,975 tCO₂e to 1,528 tCO₂e over the same span (down 49%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 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. 90 K Street NE - Washington's 40.0 kBtu/ft² across 435,400 sq ft works out to about 17.4 billion Btu (5,104 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 111.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 5,101,160 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 3,906 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 90 K Street NE - Washington to report its energy use?

90 K Street NE - Washington 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:PM2722082:2024). 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.