Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium

How does Lincoln Park Terrace 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. Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 92% of them and lower than 5%. Its site EUI of 26.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 68,628 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 42 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 Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2019 to 99 in 2024 (+12 points). Site EUI moved from 31.0 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 26.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 191 tCO₂e to 161 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 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. Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium's 26.8 kBtu/ft² across 68,628 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (539 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 74.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 532,119 kWh of electricity, 264 therms of natural gas and 1,667 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lincoln Park Terrace Condominium to report its energy use?

Lincoln Park Terrace 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:PM10524052:2024). 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.