The Saint George Condominium

How does The Saint George Condominium 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 Saint George Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 38.1 kBtu/ft² is about 25% 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 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 88,949 sq ft, it is about 35% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1967 construction date is close to 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 Saint George Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for The Saint George Condominium, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2018 to 95 in 2024 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 97. Site EUI moved from 56.3 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 38.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 32% decrease. Reported emissions went from 391 tCO₂e to 232 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 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 Saint George Condominium's 38.1 kBtu/ft² across 88,949 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (993 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 78.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 570,660 kWh of electricity, 14,451 therms of natural gas and 2,492 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Saint George Condominium to report its energy use?

The Saint George Condominium 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:PM4394168:2024). 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.