Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4

How does Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4 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. Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 68% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 36.9 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 188,717 sq ft, it is about 38% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 9 years later 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 Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Washington, DC disclosures for Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4, covering report years 2017–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2017 to 89 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 44.3 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 36.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,320 tCO₂e to 525 tCO₂e over the same span (down 60%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4's 36.9 kBtu/ft² across 188,717 sq ft works out to about 7 billion Btu (2,041 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 95.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,794,069 kWh of electricity, 6,975 therms of natural gas and 16,895 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4 to report its energy use?

Edgewood Commons 4: Edgewood Commons 4 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:PM6274328:2024). 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.