Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood

How does Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood 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. Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft² is about 18% 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 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 37,010 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1924, 25 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 Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 97 in 2023 to 79 in 2024 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 97. Site EUI moved from 22.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 52.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 138% increase. Reported emissions went from 57 tCO₂e to 117 tCO₂e over the same span (up 107%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood's 52.7 kBtu/ft² across 37,010 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (572 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 80.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 152,979 kWh of electricity, 14,286 therms of natural gas and 963 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood to report its energy use?

Center City Public Charter Schools - Brightwood 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:PM25416335:2024). 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.