Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center
Social/Meeting Hall in Washington, DC, DC · 1700 Good Hope Road, Southeast · 20020
At a glance
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center is a 28,132-square-foot social/meeting hall at 1700 Good Hope Road, Southeast in Washington, DC, built in 2020. In its 2024 Washington, DC benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 61.8 kBtu/ft² and 137 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 61.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 144.6 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 137 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 375,651 kWh |
| Natural gas | 4,571 therms |
| Water use | 121 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 28,132 sq ft |
| Source record | dc:PM29571289:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 61.8 kBtu/ft² | 137 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 51.2 kBtu/ft² | 114 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | — | — |
Compliance context
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS
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.
Ownership
BREAD INC
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Location
- Address
- 1700 Good Hope Road, Southeast
- City
- Washington, DC
- State
- District of Columbia
- ZIP
- 20020
- Coordinates
- 38.86618, -76.98046
Within ~1 km
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How does Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center compare with other social/meeting hall buildings in Washington, DC?
The latest disclosures cover 10 social/meeting hall buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 61.8 kBtu/ft² is about 34% below the average of 94.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% below the group average of 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 28,132 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 51,231 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 39 years later than the group's average year built (1981).
How has Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 51.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 61.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 21% increase. Reported emissions went from 114 tCO₂e to 137 tCO₂e over the same span (up 21%).
What does a site EUI of 61.8 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center's 61.8 kBtu/ft² across 28,132 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (510 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 144.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 375,651 kWh of electricity, 4,571 therms of natural gas and 121 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center to report its energy use?
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center 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:PM29571289:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center's energy grade?
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 61.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 61.8 kBtu/ft² (144.6 kBtu/ft² source) across 28,132 sq ft, including 375,651 kWh of electricity and 4,571 therms of natural gas.
What are Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center's carbon emissions?
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center reported 137 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center?
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center is at 1700 Good Hope Road, Southeast, in Washington, DC 20020. Its coordinates are 38.86618, -76.98046 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center and when was it built?
Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center has 28,132 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2020 as its year built. It is classed as social/meeting hall.
Is Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center covered by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Bread for the City Michelle Obama Southeast Center, Washington, DC — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/washington-dc/bread-for-the-city-michelle-obama-southeast-center-94d823a8 (data as of July 9, 2026).