Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150)

How does Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150) 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. Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150)'s ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 36.6 kBtu/ft² is about 28% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 169,380 sq ft, it is about 24% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 51 years later 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 Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150), covering report years 2017–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2017 to 73 in 2023 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 92. Site EUI moved from 31.8 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 36.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 15% increase. Reported emissions went from 543 tCO₂e to 554 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150)'s 36.6 kBtu/ft² across 169,380 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,817 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 101.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,793,032 kWh of electricity, 741 therms of natural gas and 5,926 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150) to report its energy use?

Monroe Street Market - Brookland Works (mo150) 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 2023 disclosure (source record dc:PM4380598:2023). 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.