Quincy Court Condominium

How does Quincy Court 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. Quincy Court Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 68.4 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 5.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 130,056 sq ft, it is roughly in line with 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 Quincy Court Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Washington, DC disclosures for Quincy Court Condominium, covering report years 2017–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 6 in 2018 to 36 in 2024 (+30 points). Site EUI moved from 32.0 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 68.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 114% increase. Reported emissions went from 421 tCO₂e to 659 tCO₂e over the same span (up 56%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. Quincy Court Condominium's 68.4 kBtu/ft² across 130,056 sq ft works out to about 8.9 billion Btu (2,607 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 144.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,573,004 kWh of electricity, 35,298 therms of natural gas and 4,002 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Quincy Court Condominium to report its energy use?

Quincy Court 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 2024 disclosure (source record dc:PM6216274:2024). 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.