New Samaritan Baptist Church

How does New Samaritan Baptist Church compare with other worship facility buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 88 worship facility buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. New Samaritan Baptist Church's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 43 across the 72 that report a score; it scores higher than 78% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 19.5 kBtu/ft² is about 62% below the average of 51.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 30,708 sq ft, it is about 38% below the average floor area of 49,290 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 50 years later than the group's average year built (1934). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,035 worship facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 50 and a site EUI of 47.8 kBtu/ft².

How has New Samaritan Baptist Church's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for New Samaritan Baptist Church, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2023 to 67 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 72. Site EUI moved from 17.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 19.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 14% increase. Reported emissions went from 42 tCO₂e to 53 tCO₂e over the same span (up 26%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 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. New Samaritan Baptist Church's 19.5 kBtu/ft² across 30,708 sq ft works out to about 0.6 billion Btu (175 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 54.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 175,882 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 268 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires New Samaritan Baptist Church to report its energy use?

New Samaritan Baptist Church 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:PM36468393:2024). 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.