Carver Hall (cr394)

How does Carver Hall (cr394) 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. Carver Hall (cr394)'s ENERGY STAR score of 13 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 100.4 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 66% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,931 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 15 years earlier than the group's average year built (1965). 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 Carver Hall (cr394)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Carver Hall (cr394), covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 12 in 2022 to 13 in 2023 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 107.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 100.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 384 tCO₂e to 357 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 13 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 13 means the building performs better than about 13% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 13 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 62 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. Carver Hall (cr394)'s 100.4 kBtu/ft² across 56,931 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,675 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 153.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 453,837 kWh of electricity, 41,656 therms of natural gas and 5,044 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Carver Hall (cr394) to report its energy use?

Carver Hall (cr394) 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 2023 disclosure (source record dc:PM4342049:2023). 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.