Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc

How does Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc 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. Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc's ENERGY STAR score of 29 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 57.4 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 120,000 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1944, 21 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 Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc, covering report years 2014–2016. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 28 in 2014 to 29 in 2016 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2015, at 32. Site EUI moved from 58.9 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 57.4 kBtu/ft² (2016), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 655 tCO₂e to 584 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 29 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 29 means the building performs better than about 29% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 29 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 46 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. Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc's 57.4 kBtu/ft² across 120,000 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,019 MWh-equivalent) in 2016. Its source EUI of 122.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,040,060 kWh of electricity, 33,384 therms of natural gas and 1,113 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc to report its energy use?

Ordway Gardens Condo Assoc 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 2016 disclosure (source record dc:PM4000677:2016). 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.