Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster)

How does Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster) 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. Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster)'s ENERGY STAR score of 17 compares with an average of 44 across the 304 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 81%. Its site EUI of 58.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 49,484 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 105,946 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 53 years later than 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 Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 16 in 2019 to 17 in 2024 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 31. Site EUI moved from 63.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 58.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 286 tCO₂e to 222 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 17 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 17 means the building performs better than about 17% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 17 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 58 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. Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster)'s 58.0 kBtu/ft² across 49,484 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (841 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 154.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 773,637 kWh of electricity and 2,289 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster) to report its energy use?

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster) 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:PM12004351:2024). 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.