Transitions Health Care Capitol City

How does Transitions Health Care Capitol City compare with other senior care community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 8 senior care community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Transitions Health Care Capitol City's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 22 across the 8 that report a score; it scores higher than 88% of them. Its site EUI of 108.9 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 172.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% below the group average of 14.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 136,775 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 148,598 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 42 years later than the group's average year built (1941). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 40 senior care community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 49 and a site EUI of 93.5 kBtu/ft².

How has Transitions Health Care Capitol City's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Transitions Health Care Capitol City, covering report years 2016–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2016 to 84 in 2017 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 100. Site EUI moved from 67.2 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 108.9 kBtu/ft² (2017), an 62% increase. Reported emissions went from 561 tCO₂e to 1,287 tCO₂e over the same span (up 130%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Transitions Health Care Capitol City's 108.9 kBtu/ft² across 136,775 sq ft works out to about 14.9 billion Btu (4,365 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 193.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,809,166 kWh of electricity, 87,233 therms of natural gas and 24,732 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Transitions Health Care Capitol City to report its energy use?

Transitions Health Care Capitol City 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM4991950:2017). 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.