Park Terrace

How does Park Terrace 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 Terrace's ENERGY STAR score of 48 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 86.3 kBtu/ft² is about 69% 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 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 79,273 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1940, 25 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 Park Terrace's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Park Terrace, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 12 in 2014 to 48 in 2024 (+36 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 71. Site EUI moved from 101.7 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 86.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 496 tCO₂e to 412 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 48 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 48 means the building performs better than about 48% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 48 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 27 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 Terrace's 86.3 kBtu/ft² across 79,273 sq ft works out to about 6.8 billion Btu (2,005 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 121.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 415,294 kWh of electricity, 54,212 therms of natural gas and 3,980 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Park Terrace to report its energy use?

Park Terrace 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:PM3997919:2024). 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.