(R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW)

How does (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW) 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. (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW)'s ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 72.5 kBtu/ft² is about 42% 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 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 244,000 sq ft, it is about 79% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1942, 23 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 (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW), covering report years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 77 in 2016 to 73 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 77. Site EUI moved from 65.2 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 72.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,205 tCO₂e to 1,130 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW)'s 72.5 kBtu/ft² across 244,000 sq ft works out to about 17.7 billion Btu (5,184 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 115.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,604,848 kWh of electricity, 122,219 therms of natural gas and 8,463 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW) to report its energy use?

(R0636) - Gateway Georgetown Condo Updated (2500 Q Street NW) 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:PM4985944:2024). 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.