John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens)

How does John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens) compare with other K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 333 K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens)'s ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 89% of them and lower than 10%. Its site EUI of 26.7 kBtu/ft² is about 58% below the average of 64.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 131,649 sq ft, it is about 24% above the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1924, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens), covering report years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2019 to 82 in 2024 (+36 points). Site EUI moved from 67.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 26.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 60% decrease. Reported emissions went from 588 tCO₂e to 280 tCO₂e over the same span (down 52%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens)'s 26.7 kBtu/ft² across 131,649 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,030 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 74.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,030,807 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens) to report its energy use?

John Francis Education Campus (FORMER School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens) 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:PM12004377:2024). 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.