DHS Taylor Street Service Center

How does DHS Taylor Street Service Center compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. DHS Taylor Street Service Center's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 56% of them and lower than 41%. Its site EUI of 46.9 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 28,812 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 24 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has DHS Taylor Street Service Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for DHS Taylor Street Service Center, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2023 to 78 in 2024 (-10 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 88. Site EUI moved from 22.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 46.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 112% increase. Reported emissions went from 53 tCO₂e to 106 tCO₂e over the same span (up 100%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 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. DHS Taylor Street Service Center's 46.9 kBtu/ft² across 28,812 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (396 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 109.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 292,634 kWh of electricity, 3,536 therms of natural gas and 182 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires DHS Taylor Street Service Center to report its energy use?

DHS Taylor Street Service 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:PM18189938:2024). 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.