Fendall Street: Fendall Street

How does Fendall Street: Fendall Street 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. Fendall Street: Fendall Street's ENERGY STAR score of 3 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 1% of them and lower than 99%. Its site EUI of 66.3 kBtu/ft² is about 30% 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 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 21,144 sq ft, it is about 84% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1942, 23 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 Fendall Street: Fendall Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Fendall Street: Fendall Street, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 7 in 2022 to 3 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 7. Site EUI moved from 67.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 66.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 95 tCO₂e to 103 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 3 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 3 means the building performs better than about 3% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 3 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 72 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. Fendall Street: Fendall Street's 66.3 kBtu/ft² across 21,144 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (411 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 378,199 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 1,822 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Fendall Street: Fendall Street to report its energy use?

Fendall Street: Fendall Street 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:PM25750600:2024). 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.