Maple Heights Senior living

How does Maple Heights Senior living 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. Maple Heights Senior living's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 80% of them. Its site EUI of 55.1 kBtu/ft² is about 40% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 42,768 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 55 years later 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 Maple Heights Senior living's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Maple Heights Senior living, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2022 to 99 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 33.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 55.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 66% increase. Reported emissions went from 122 tCO₂e to 169 tCO₂e over the same span (up 39%).

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. Maple Heights Senior living's 55.1 kBtu/ft² across 42,768 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (691 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 109.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 368,909 kWh of electricity, 10,958 therms of natural gas and 740 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Maple Heights Senior living to report its energy use?

Maple Heights Senior living 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:PM20471039:2024). 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.