Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use

How does Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use 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. Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use's ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 50.0 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 32,050 sq ft, it is about 76% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1911, 54 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 Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 54 in 2022 to 69 in 2024 (+15 points). Site EUI moved from 57.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 50.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 142 tCO₂e to 125 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use's 50.0 kBtu/ft² across 32,050 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (470 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 115.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 337,751 kWh of electricity, 4,516 therms of natural gas and 1,146 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use to report its energy use?

Glenn Arms Apartments - (gl090) 2518 17th St NW- Not in Use 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:PM29277531:2024). 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.