Kipling House Condominium

How does Kipling House Condominium 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. Kipling House Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 72% of them and lower than 26%. Its site EUI of 35.3 kBtu/ft² is about 31% below 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 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 49,863 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 52 years later 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 Kipling House Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Kipling House Condominium, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 91 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 35.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 35.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 145 tCO₂e to 140 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Kipling House Condominium's 35.3 kBtu/ft² across 49,863 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (516 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 83.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 390,200 kWh of electricity, 4,292 therms of natural gas and 956 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Kipling House Condominium to report its energy use?

Kipling House Condominium 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:PM25491255:2024). 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.