Park Connecticut - 29816

How does Park Connecticut - 29816 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. Park Connecticut - 29816's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 42% of them and lower than 56%. Its site EUI of 55.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 172,288 sq ft, it is about 26% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 35 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 Park Connecticut - 29816's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 13 Washington, DC disclosures for Park Connecticut - 29816, covering report years 2012–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2014 to 74 in 2024 (+39 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 74. Site EUI moved from 33.1 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 55.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 68% increase. Reported emissions went from 656 tCO₂e to 636 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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. Park Connecticut - 29816's 55.6 kBtu/ft² across 172,288 sq ft works out to about 9.6 billion Btu (2,807 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 106.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,384,158 kWh of electricity, 47,581 therms of natural gas and 4,010 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Park Connecticut - 29816 to report its energy use?

Park Connecticut - 29816 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:PM3500930:2024). 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.