AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC

How does AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC compare with other K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 333 K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC's ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 36.5 kBtu/ft² is about 43% below the average of 64.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 80,623 sq ft, it is about 24% below the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 49 years earlier than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC, covering report years 2016–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 52 in 2016 to 73 in 2020 (+21 points). Site EUI moved from 47.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 36.5 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 339 tCO₂e to 247 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC's 36.5 kBtu/ft² across 80,623 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (862 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. Its source EUI of 84.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 625,259 kWh of electricity, 8,100 therms of natural gas and 2,682 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC to report its energy use?

AEP Charter Hope Lamond LLC 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 2020 disclosure (source record dc:PM6374510:2020). 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.