Carmel Plaza North Associates

How does Carmel Plaza North Associates compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 1,799 multifamily housing buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Carmel Plaza North Associates's ENERGY STAR score of 38 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 48.4 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 143,518 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Carmel Plaza North Associates's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 10 Washington, DC disclosures for Carmel Plaza North Associates, covering report years 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 58 in 2018 to 38 in 2024 (-20 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 64. Site EUI moved from 36.1 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 48.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 34% increase. Reported emissions went from 581 tCO₂e to 573 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 38 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 38 means the building performs better than about 38% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 38 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 37 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. Carmel Plaza North Associates's 48.4 kBtu/ft² across 143,518 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,036 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 122.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,727,666 kWh of electricity, 10,566 therms of natural gas and 7,795 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Carmel Plaza North Associates to report its energy use?

Carmel Plaza North Associates 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:PM3639762:2024). 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.