Fairmont Apartments (fr188)

How does Fairmont Apartments (fr188) 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. Fairmont Apartments (fr188)'s ENERGY STAR score of 18 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 5% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 88.1 kBtu/ft² is about 72% 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 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 47% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 184,221 sq ft, it is about 35% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1913, 52 years earlier 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 Fairmont Apartments (fr188)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Fairmont Apartments (fr188), covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2014 to 18 in 2024 (-45 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 69. Site EUI moved from 39.5 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 88.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 123% increase. Reported emissions went from 381 tCO₂e to 1,029 tCO₂e over the same span (up 171%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 18 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 18 means the building performs better than about 18% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 18 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 57 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. Fairmont Apartments (fr188)'s 88.1 kBtu/ft² across 184,221 sq ft works out to about 16.2 billion Btu (4,757 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 145.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,629,755 kWh of electricity, 99,259 therms of natural gas and 8,778 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Fairmont Apartments (fr188) to report its energy use?

Fairmont Apartments (fr188) 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:PM4364522:2024). 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.