Jemal's Weschlers

How does Jemal's Weschlers 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 Weschlers's ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 57.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 39,976 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1910, 64 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 Weschlers's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Jemal's Weschlers, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2022 to 55 in 2024 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 72. Site EUI moved from 43.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 57.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 33% increase. Reported emissions went from 151 tCO₂e to 201 tCO₂e over the same span (up 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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 Weschlers's 57.3 kBtu/ft² across 39,976 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (671 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 160.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 671,625 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 215 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Jemal's Weschlers to report its energy use?

Jemal's Weschlers 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:PM20314446:2024). 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.