State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave

How does State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave 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. State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave'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 77.5 kBtu/ft² is about 52% 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 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 220,163 sq ft, it is about 61% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1951, 14 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 State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Washington, DC disclosures for State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave, covering report years 2016–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2016 to 73 in 2024 (-27 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 100. Site EUI moved from 21.6 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 77.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 259% increase. Reported emissions went from 509 tCO₂e to 1,052 tCO₂e over the same span (up 107%).

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. State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave's 77.5 kBtu/ft² across 220,163 sq ft works out to about 17.1 billion Btu (5,001 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 114.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,230,688 kWh of electricity, 128,674 therms of natural gas and 16,239 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave to report its energy use?

State House - 2122 Massachusetts Ave 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:PM5929962:2024). 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.