Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation

How does Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation compare with other senior living community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 17 senior living community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 73% of them and lower than 20%. Its site EUI of 77.6 kBtu/ft² is about 15% below the average of 91.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% below the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 71,734 sq ft, it is about 36% below the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1941, 22 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2013 to 85 in 2024 (+18 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 88. Site EUI moved from 101.0 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 77.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 738 tCO₂e to 415 tCO₂e over the same span (down 44%).

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. Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation's 77.6 kBtu/ft² across 71,734 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,631 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 165.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,008,396 kWh of electricity, 21,291 therms of natural gas and 7,018 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation to report its energy use?

Brinton Woods Health and Rehabilitation 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:PM3995293:2024). 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.