Park Vista 3500 13th St SE

How does Park Vista 3500 13th St SE 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 Vista 3500 13th St SE's ENERGY STAR score of 76 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 46% of them and lower than 53%. Its site EUI of 52.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 40,524 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1948, 17 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 Vista 3500 13th St SE's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Park Vista 3500 13th St SE, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 77 in 2023 to 76 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 77. Site EUI moved from 49.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 52.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 131 tCO₂e to 139 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 76 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 76 means the building performs better than about 76% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 76 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Park Vista 3500 13th St SE's 52.5 kBtu/ft² across 40,524 sq ft works out to about 2.1 billion Btu (624 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 87.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 219,439 kWh of electricity, 13,781 therms of natural gas and 1,555 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Park Vista 3500 13th St SE to report its energy use?

Park Vista 3500 13th St SE 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:PM36100143:2024). 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.