The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest

How does The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest 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. The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 58.1 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 195,417 sq ft, it is about 43% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 3 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 The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2022 to 71 in 2024 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 58.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 789 tCO₂e to 743 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest's 58.1 kBtu/ft² across 195,417 sq ft works out to about 11.4 billion Btu (3,327 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 97.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,179,831 kWh of electricity, 73,320 therms of natural gas and 4,372 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest to report its energy use?

The Cathedral Avenue: 4101 Cathedral Avenue Northwest 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:PM25559477:2024). 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.