Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church

How does Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church compare with other worship facility buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 88 worship facility buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 43 across the 72 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 57%. Its site EUI of 62.5 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 51.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% above the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 22,955 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 49,290 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1958, 24 years later than the group's average year built (1934). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 42 in 2022 to 33 in 2024 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 42. Site EUI moved from 51.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 23% increase. Reported emissions went from 78 tCO₂e to 92 tCO₂e over the same span (up 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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. Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church's 62.5 kBtu/ft² across 22,955 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (420 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 100.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 135,119 kWh of electricity, 9,739 therms of natural gas and 122 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church to report its energy use?

Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church 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:PM20229325:2024). 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.