Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW

How does Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave 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. Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 44%. Its site EUI of 58.8 kBtu/ft² is about 15% 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 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,717 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 19 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 Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 3 in 2014 to 82 in 2024 (+79 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 82. Site EUI moved from 80.7 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 58.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 27% decrease. Reported emissions went from 458 tCO₂e to 283 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 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. Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW's 58.8 kBtu/ft² across 66,717 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,150 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 118.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 631,533 kWh of electricity, 17,664 therms of natural gas and 2,207 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave NW to report its energy use?

Sheffield Condominiums - 2320 Wisconsin Ave 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:PM4014013:2024). 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.