Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus

How does Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus compare with other K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 333 K-12 school buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus's ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 89% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 34.4 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 64.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% below the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 70,782 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1950 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1949). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 81 in both 2019 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 37.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 34.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 229 tCO₂e to 201 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 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. Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus's 34.4 kBtu/ft² across 70,782 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (714 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 87.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 606,286 kWh of electricity, 3,694 therms of natural gas and 128 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus to report its energy use?

Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School - North Campus 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:PM12457255:2024). 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.