Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral

How does Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral compare with other worship facility buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 88 worship facility buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 43 across the 72 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 51.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 27,946 sq ft, it is about 43% below the average floor area of 49,290 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 34 years earlier than the group's average year built (1934). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2022 to 50 in 2024 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 75. Site EUI moved from 42.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 51.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 22% increase. Reported emissions went from 69 tCO₂e to 54 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral's 51.5 kBtu/ft² across 27,946 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (422 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 61.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 39,104 kWh of electricity, 8,216 therms of natural gas and 132 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral to report its energy use?

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Deber Hail Kedus Gabriel Cathedral 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:PM20801353:2024). 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.