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Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop

Multifamily Housing in Washington, DC, DC · 2633 15th Street NW · 20009

At a glance

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop is a 30,580-square-foot multifamily housing building at 2633 15th Street NW in Washington, DC, built in 1917. In its 2024 Washington, DC benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 23.0 kBtu/ft² and 48 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
23.0
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
48
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
1.6
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
30,580
sq ft
Year built
1917
vintage
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Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI23.0 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI47.1 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions48 tCO₂e
GHG intensity1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity117,183 kWh
Natural gas3,044 therms
Gross floor area30,580 sq ft
Source recorddc:PM36299232:2024

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2024latest—23.0 kBtu/ft²48 tCO₂e
2023—20.6 kBtu/ft²42 tCO₂e

Compliance context

Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS

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.

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Ownership

MERIDIAN HILL APARTMENTS INC

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Location

Address
2633 15th Street NW
State
District of Columbia
ZIP
20009
Coordinates
38.92399, -77.03497

Within ~1 km

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How does Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop 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. Its site EUI of 23.0 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 59% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,580 sq ft, it is about 78% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1917, 48 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 Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop, covering report years 2023–2024. Site EUI moved from 20.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 23.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 42 tCO₂e to 48 tCO₂e over the same span (up 14%).

What does a site EUI of 23.0 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop's 23.0 kBtu/ft² across 30,580 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (206 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 47.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 117,183 kWh of electricity and 3,044 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop to report its energy use?

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop 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:PM36299232:2024). 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop's energy grade?

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 23.0 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 23.0 kBtu/ft² (47.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 30,580 sq ft, including 117,183 kWh of electricity and 3,044 therms of natural gas.

What are Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop's carbon emissions?

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop reported 48 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop?

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop is at 2633 15th Street NW, in Washington, DC 20009. Its coordinates are 38.92399, -77.03497 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.

How big is Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop and when was it built?

Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop has 30,580 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1917 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop covered by the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS?

Yes — it appears in the 2024 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS.

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About this data

Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Clean and Affordable Energy Act / BEPS), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Meridian Hill Studio Apartments Coop, Washington, DC — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/washington-dc/meridian-hill-studio-apartments-coop-2e34824e (data as of July 9, 2026).