Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan

How does Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan compare with other K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 333 K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan's ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 46.1 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 64.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 103,551 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 49 years earlier than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 41 in 2019 to 51 in 2024 (+10 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 100. Site EUI moved from 65.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 46.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 30% decrease. Reported emissions went from 255 tCO₂e to 357 tCO₂e over the same span (up 40%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan's 46.1 kBtu/ft² across 103,551 sq ft works out to about 4.8 billion Btu (1,399 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 114.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,142,935 kWh of electricity and 8,787 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan to report its energy use?

Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 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:PM12001691:2024). 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.