The Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW)

How does The Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW) 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 Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW)'s ENERGY STAR score of 12 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 45.2 kBtu/ft² is about 12% below the average of 51.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 73,910 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 38 years later 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 Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for The Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2023 to 12 in 2024 (-21 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 33. Site EUI moved from 39.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 45.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 16% increase. Reported emissions went from 221 tCO₂e to 272 tCO₂e over the same span (up 23%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 12 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 12 means the building performs better than about 12% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 12 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 63 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 Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW)'s 45.2 kBtu/ft² across 73,910 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (979 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 112.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 798,596 kWh of electricity, 6,189 therms of natural gas and 1,246 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW) to report its energy use?

The Residences at Terrell Place Unit Owners Association (675 E St NW) 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:PM35021078:2024). 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.