Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW

How does Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW's ENERGY STAR score of 23 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 141.6 kBtu/ft² is about 155% above the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 121% above the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 34,192 sq ft, it is about 84% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 44 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 27 in 2022 to 23 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 27. Site EUI moved from 139.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 141.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 363 tCO₂e to 378 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 23 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 23 means the building performs better than about 23% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 23 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 52 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. Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW's 141.6 kBtu/ft² across 34,192 sq ft works out to about 4.8 billion Btu (1,419 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 327.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,023,984 kWh of electricity, 13,462 therms of natural gas and 1,749 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida Ave NW to report its energy use?

Jemal's Manhattan - 1346 Florida 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:PM24754408:2024). 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.