Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor

How does Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor 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. Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 56% of them and lower than 43%. Its site EUI of 58.0 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,493 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 25 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 Manor: Meridian Manor's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2022 to 83 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 86. Site EUI moved from 57.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 58.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 156 tCO₂e to 159 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 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. Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor's 58.0 kBtu/ft² across 40,493 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (688 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 100.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 266,675 kWh of electricity, 13,743 therms of natural gas and 3,392 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor to report its energy use?

Meridian Manor: Meridian Manor 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:PM5021472:2024). 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.