RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia

How does RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia compare with other distribution center buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 16 distribution center buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 51 across the 12 that report a score; it scores higher than 92% of them. Its site EUI of 16.3 kBtu/ft² is about 60% below the average of 40.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 57% below the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,511 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 126,941 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1997, 22 years later than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2022 to 77 in 2024 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 94. Site EUI moved from 9.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 16.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 66% increase. Reported emissions went from 46 tCO₂e to 77 tCO₂e over the same span (up 67%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 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. RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia's 16.3 kBtu/ft² across 53,511 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (256 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 45.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 256,111 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 25 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia to report its energy use?

RLIF - rlifdc15 - 2115 Bryant St. NE, Washington, District of Columbia 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:PM26104660:2024). 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.