Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA

How does Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA compare with other senior living community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 17 senior living community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 67% of them and lower than 27%. Its site EUI of 57.3 kBtu/ft² is about 38% below the average of 91.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 88,270 sq ft, it is about 21% below the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 23 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 41 in 2023 to 84 in 2024 (+43 points). Site EUI moved from 79.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 57.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 28% decrease. Reported emissions went from 544 tCO₂e to 393 tCO₂e over the same span (down 28%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 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. Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA's 57.3 kBtu/ft² across 88,270 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,482 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 131.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,053,485 kWh of electricity, 14,601 therms of natural gas and 160 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA to report its energy use?

Lisner Louise Dickson Hurt Home - 5425 Western Ave, Washington, DC20015, USA 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:PM35309103:2024). 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.