Q14 Condominium

How does Q14 Condominium 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. Q14 Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 71%. Its site EUI of 55.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 48,800 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2006, 41 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 Q14 Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Q14 Condominium, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 58 in 2022 to 61 in 2023 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 61.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 55.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 224 tCO₂e to 205 tCO₂e over the same span (down 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. Q14 Condominium's 55.5 kBtu/ft² across 48,800 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (794 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. 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 519,532 kWh of electricity, 9,362 therms of natural gas and 797 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Q14 Condominium to report its energy use?

Q14 Condominium 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 2023 disclosure (source record dc:PM36355724:2023). 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.