Parc Riverside East (pa541)

How does Parc Riverside East (pa541) 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. Parc Riverside East (pa541)'s ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 31.5 kBtu/ft² is about 38% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 337,218 sq ft, it is about 147% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 49 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 Parc Riverside East (pa541)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Washington, DC disclosures for Parc Riverside East (pa541), covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2021 to 95 in 2024 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 95. Site EUI moved from 38.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 31.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 18% decrease. Reported emissions went from 879 tCO₂e to 907 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Parc Riverside East (pa541)'s 31.5 kBtu/ft² across 337,218 sq ft works out to about 10.6 billion Btu (3,113 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 84.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,897,637 kWh of electricity, 7,438 therms of natural gas and 5,243 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Parc Riverside East (pa541) to report its energy use?

Parc Riverside East (pa541) 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:PM15706201:2024). 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.