The Cathedral Avenue Cooperative LLC

How does The Cathedral Avenue Cooperative LLC 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 Cooperative LLC's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 61.9 kBtu/ft² is about 21% 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 11% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 195,651 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 Cooperative LLC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Washington, DC disclosures for The Cathedral Avenue Cooperative LLC, covering report years 2013–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2014 to 72 in 2021 (+26 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 73. Site EUI moved from 4.4 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 61.9 kBtu/ft² (2021), an 1307% increase. Reported emissions went from 46 tCO₂e to 825 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1702%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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 Cooperative LLC's 61.9 kBtu/ft² across 195,651 sq ft works out to about 12.1 billion Btu (3,549 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. Its source EUI of 105.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,338,395 kWh of electricity, 75,538 therms of natural gas and 3,932 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Cathedral Avenue Cooperative LLC to report its energy use?

The Cathedral Avenue Cooperative LLC 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 2021 disclosure (source record dc:PM4014509:2021). 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.