Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy

How does Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy 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. Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy's ENERGY STAR score of 70 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 81% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 38.0 kBtu/ft² is about 41% 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 79,612 sq ft, it is about 25% below the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 56 years later 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 Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 1 in 2014 to 70 in 2024 (+69 points). Site EUI moved from 72.8 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 38.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 48% decrease. Reported emissions went from 768 tCO₂e to 145 tCO₂e over the same span (down 81%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 70 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 70 means the building performs better than about 70% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 70 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 5 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. Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy's 38.0 kBtu/ft² across 79,612 sq ft works out to about 3 billion Btu (887 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 79.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 533,908 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 386 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy to report its energy use?

Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools For Public Policy 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:PM4746392:2024). 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.