The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

How does The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation compare with other office buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 899 office buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 70 across the 774 that report a score; it scores higher than 89% of them and lower than 9%. Its site EUI of 48.9 kBtu/ft² is about 12% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 88% below the group average of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 64,160 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 216,135 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 29 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 11 Washington, DC disclosures for The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, covering report years 2014–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 58 in 2014 to 90 in 2024 (+32 points). Site EUI moved from 83.4 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 48.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 41% decrease. Reported emissions went from 66 tCO₂e to 39 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation's 48.9 kBtu/ft² across 64,160 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (919 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 116.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 703,385 kWh of electricity, 7,398 therms of natural gas and 551 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation to report its energy use?

The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation 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:PM2035970:2024). 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.