Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home

How does Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home compare with other senior living community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 17 senior living community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 110.6 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 91.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 74,824 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1898, 65 years earlier than the group's average year built (1963). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Washington, DC disclosures for Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, covering report years 2014–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 24 in 2016 to 54 in 2024 (+30 points). Site EUI moved from 216.4 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 110.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 49% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,076 tCO₂e to 587 tCO₂e over the same span (down 45%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home's 110.6 kBtu/ft² across 74,824 sq ft works out to about 8.3 billion Btu (2,425 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 215.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,244,474 kWh of electricity, 40,267 therms of natural gas and 3,657 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home to report its energy use?

Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home 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:PM4558700:2024). 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.