Foster House Apartments
Multifamily Housing in Washington, DC, DC · 801 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
At a glance
Foster House Apartments is a 76,847-square-foot multifamily housing building at 801 Rhode Island Avenue, NW in Washington, DC, built in 1974. In its 2013 Washington, DC benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 78.9 kBtu/ft² and 426 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS · reporting year 2013
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 78.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 121.5 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 426 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 416,738 kWh |
| Natural gas | 46,406 therms |
| Water use | 6,797 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 76,847 sq ft |
| Source record | dc:PM4000723:2013 |
Compliance context
Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS
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.
Ownership
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
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Location
- Address
- 801 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
- City
- Washington, DC
- State
- District of Columbia
- Coordinates
- 38.91215, -77.02347
Within ~1 km
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How does Foster House Apartments 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. Its site EUI of 78.9 kBtu/ft² is about 54% 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 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 45% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 76,847 sq ft, it is about 44% below 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.
What does a site EUI of 78.9 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Foster House Apartments's 78.9 kBtu/ft² across 76,847 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,777 MWh-equivalent) in 2013. Its source EUI of 121.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 416,738 kWh of electricity, 46,406 therms of natural gas and 6,797 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Foster House Apartments to report its energy use?
Foster House Apartments 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 2013 disclosure (source record dc:PM4000723:2013). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Foster House Apartments's energy grade?
Foster House Apartments did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2013 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 78.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Foster House Apartments use?
Its 2013 site energy-use intensity was 78.9 kBtu/ft² (121.5 kBtu/ft² source) across 76,847 sq ft, including 416,738 kWh of electricity and 46,406 therms of natural gas.
What are Foster House Apartments's carbon emissions?
Foster House Apartments reported 426 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (5.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2013.
Where is Foster House Apartments?
Foster House Apartments is at 801 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC. Its coordinates are 38.91215, -77.02347 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Foster House Apartments and when was it built?
Foster House Apartments has 76,847 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2013 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1974 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Foster House Apartments covered by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS?
Yes — it appears in the 2013 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Foster House Apartments, Washington, DC — 2013 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/washington-dc/foster-house-apartments-1940b0b1 (data as of July 9, 2026).