Carver Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave

How does Carver Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave 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 Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 61.5 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,360 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1941, 24 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 Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Carver Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 2 in 2022 to 53 in 2024 (+51 points). Site EUI moved from 143.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 61.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 57% decrease. Reported emissions went from 241 tCO₂e to 112 tCO₂e over the same span (down 53%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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 Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave's 61.5 kBtu/ft² across 27,360 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (493 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 120.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 255,920 kWh of electricity, 8,082 therms of natural gas and 1,853 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Carver Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave to report its energy use?

Carver Terrace - 1907-1911 Maryland Ave 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:PM26725035:2024). 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.