Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast

How does Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast 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. Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 59% of them and lower than 39%. Its site EUI of 46.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,001 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1991, 26 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 Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Washington, DC disclosures for Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast, covering report years 2016–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2016 to 85 in 2024 (+11 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 87. Site EUI moved from 50.5 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 46.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 318 tCO₂e to 236 tCO₂e over the same span (down 26%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 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 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast's 46.0 kBtu/ft² across 69,001 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (930 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 97.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 570,782 kWh of electricity, 12,274 therms of natural gas and 4,211 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast to report its energy use?

Allen House: 3760 Minnesota Avenue Northeast 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:PM5806975:2024). 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.