Monsenor Romero

How does Monsenor Romero 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. Monsenor Romero's ENERGY STAR score of 52 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 43.7 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,000 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1912, 53 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 Monsenor Romero's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Monsenor Romero, covering report years 2016–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2016 to 52 in 2017 (-48 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 100. Site EUI moved from 23.8 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 43.7 kBtu/ft² (2017), an 84% increase. Reported emissions went from 98 tCO₂e to 214 tCO₂e over the same span (up 118%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 52 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 52 means the building performs better than about 52% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 52 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 23 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. Monsenor Romero's 43.7 kBtu/ft² across 50,000 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (640 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 116.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 493,940 kWh of electricity, 5,002 therms of natural gas and 2,852 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Monsenor Romero to report its energy use?

Monsenor Romero 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM5824467:2017). 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.