Kingsman Academy Public Charter School

How does Kingsman Academy Public Charter School 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. Kingsman Academy Public Charter School's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 42.5 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,622 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 49 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 Kingsman Academy Public Charter School's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 10 Washington, DC disclosures for Kingsman Academy Public Charter School, covering report years 2015–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2017 to 79 in 2024 (+10 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 82. Site EUI moved from 71.4 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 42.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 40% decrease. Reported emissions went from 435 tCO₂e to 217 tCO₂e over the same span (down 50%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. Kingsman Academy Public Charter School's 42.5 kBtu/ft² across 66,622 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (830 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 95.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 565,951 kWh of electricity, 8,988 therms of natural gas and 71 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Kingsman Academy Public Charter School to report its energy use?

Kingsman Academy Public Charter School 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:PM4861489:2024). 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.