Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC

How does Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC 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. Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC's ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 68.2 kBtu/ft² is about 33% above the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 113,755 sq ft, it is about 17% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 4 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 Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 41 in 2014 to 69 in 2024 (+28 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 71. Site EUI moved from 82.2 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 68.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 34 tCO₂e to 525 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1444%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC's 68.2 kBtu/ft² across 113,755 sq ft works out to about 7.8 billion Btu (2,274 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 121.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 953,968 kWh of electricity, 45,025 therms of natural gas and 7,235,988 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC to report its energy use?

Episcopal Church Home Friendship INC 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:PM3644264:2024). 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.