PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC

How does PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC 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. PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 68% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 58.1 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 78,518 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 37 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 PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC, covering report years 2013–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2014 to 89 in 2017 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2014, at 98. Site EUI moved from 43.1 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 58.1 kBtu/ft² (2017), an 35% increase. Reported emissions went from 317 tCO₂e to 306 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC's 58.1 kBtu/ft² across 78,518 sq ft works out to about 4.6 billion Btu (1,337 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 90.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 323,106 kWh of electricity, 34,630 therms of natural gas and 1,838 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC to report its energy use?

PONCE DE LEON COOPERATIVE INC 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM3511715:2017). 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.