Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW

How does Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW 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. Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW's ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 48.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 150,384 sq ft, it is about 10% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 16 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 Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Washington, DC disclosures for Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW, covering report years 2014–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2014 to 19 in 2024 (+13 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 21. Site EUI moved from 63.5 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 48.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 925 tCO₂e to 583 tCO₂e over the same span (down 37%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 19 means the building performs better than about 19% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 19 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 56 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. Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW's 48.2 kBtu/ft² across 150,384 sq ft works out to about 7.2 billion Btu (2,124 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 117.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,675,578 kWh of electricity, 15,386 therms of natural gas and 4,764 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW to report its energy use?

Georgetown Park Condominiums - 1080 Wisconsin Ave NW 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:PM4372792:2024). 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.