The Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative

How does The Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative 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 Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 61.8 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 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,233 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1947, 18 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 Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Washington, DC disclosures for The Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative, covering report years 2017–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2017 to 87 in 2024 (-13 points); its best year on file was 2017, at 100. Site EUI moved from 53.2 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 61.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 16% increase. Reported emissions went from 141 tCO₂e to 204 tCO₂e over the same span (up 44%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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 Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative's 61.8 kBtu/ft² across 53,233 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (964 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 71.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 65,811 kWh of electricity, 24,639 therms of natural gas and 1,647 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative to report its energy use?

The Residence at Minnesota Gardens Cooperative 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:PM5990886:2024). 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.