Anacostia Gateway

How does Anacostia Gateway compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Anacostia Gateway's ENERGY STAR score of 30 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 71.6 kBtu/ft² is about 29% above the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% above the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,532 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 33 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 Anacostia Gateway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 10 Washington, DC disclosures for Anacostia Gateway, covering report years 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2014 to 30 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 40. Site EUI moved from 82.8 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 71.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 709 tCO₂e to 380 tCO₂e over the same span (down 46%).

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. Anacostia Gateway's 71.6 kBtu/ft² across 60,532 sq ft works out to about 4.3 billion Btu (1,270 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 200.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,269,986 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 118 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Anacostia Gateway to report its energy use?

Anacostia Gateway 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:PM4558775:2024). 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.