Lincoln Road

How does Lincoln Road 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 Road's ENERGY STAR score of 34 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 68.6 kBtu/ft² is about 34% above the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 22,813 sq ft, it is about 83% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 65 years earlier 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 Road's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 13 Washington, DC disclosures for Lincoln Road, covering report years 2012–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 8 in 2012 to 34 in 2024 (+26 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 34. Site EUI moved from 89.5 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 68.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 140 tCO₂e to 97 tCO₂e over the same span (down 31%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 34 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 34 means the building performs better than about 34% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 34 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 41 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. Lincoln Road's 68.6 kBtu/ft² across 22,813 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (459 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 112.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 152,829 kWh of electricity, 10,445 therms of natural gas and 840 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lincoln Road to report its energy use?

Lincoln Road 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:PM4178757:2024). 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.