Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center
Community Center and Social Meeting Hall in Washington, DC, DC · 3500 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE · 20032
At a glance
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center is a 11,840-square-foot community center and social meeting hall at 3500 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE in Washington, DC, built in 2001. In its 2024 Washington, DC benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 97.4 kBtu/ft² and 73 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 97.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 166.6 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 73 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 127,620 kWh |
| Natural gas | 7,177 therms |
| Gross floor area | 11,840 sq ft |
| Source record | dc:PM12004171:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 97.4 kBtu/ft² | 73 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 93.1 kBtu/ft² | 69 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 115.7 kBtu/ft² | 83 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 20.9 kBtu/ft² | 23 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 21.1 kBtu/ft² | 24 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 43.8 kBtu/ft² | 50 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS
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.
Ownership
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Location
- Address
- 3500 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE
- City
- Washington, DC
- State
- District of Columbia
- ZIP
- 20032
- Coordinates
- 38.83990, -77.00373
Within ~1 km
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How does Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center compare with other community center and social meeting hall buildings in Washington, DC?
The latest disclosures cover 16 community center and social meeting hall buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 97.4 kBtu/ft² is about 18% above the average of 82.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 11,840 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 35,907 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 32 years later than the group's average year built (1969).
How has Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 43.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 97.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 122% increase. Reported emissions went from 50 tCO₂e to 73 tCO₂e over the same span (up 47%).
What does a site EUI of 97.4 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center's 97.4 kBtu/ft² across 11,840 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (338 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 166.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 127,620 kWh of electricity and 7,177 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center to report its energy use?
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center 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:PM12004171:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center's energy grade?
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 97.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 97.4 kBtu/ft² (166.6 kBtu/ft² source) across 11,840 sq ft, including 127,620 kWh of electricity and 7,177 therms of natural gas.
What are Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center's carbon emissions?
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center reported 73 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center?
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center is at 3500 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, in Washington, DC 20032. Its coordinates are 38.83990, -77.00373 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center and when was it built?
Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center has 11,840 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2001 as its year built. It is classed as community center and social meeting hall.
Is Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center covered by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center, Washington, DC — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/washington-dc/congress-heights-senior-wellness-center-f237a46a (data as of July 9, 2026).