McCollough Canaanland Apartments

How does McCollough Canaanland Apartments 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. McCollough Canaanland Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 71%. Its site EUI of 43.1 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 81,780 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. 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 McCollough Canaanland Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for McCollough Canaanland Apartments, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2014 to 61 in 2024 (-39 points); its best year on file was 2014, at 100. Site EUI moved from 10.0 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 43.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 331% increase. Reported emissions went from 66 tCO₂e to 288 tCO₂e over the same span (up 334%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. McCollough Canaanland Apartments's 43.1 kBtu/ft² across 81,780 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,033 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 107.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 850,784 kWh of electricity, 6,182 therms of natural gas and 4,148 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires McCollough Canaanland Apartments to report its energy use?

McCollough Canaanland Apartments 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:PM4020144:2024). 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.