unique rehab

How does unique rehab compare with other senior living community buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 17 senior living community buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. unique rehab's ENERGY STAR score of 20 compares with an average of 65 across the 15 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 143.3 kBtu/ft² is about 56% above the average of 91.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% above the group average of 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 110,530 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 111,527 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has unique rehab's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for unique rehab, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 14 in 2019 to 20 in 2024 (+6 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 26. Site EUI moved from 144.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 143.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,137 tCO₂e to 1,004 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 20 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 20 means the building performs better than about 20% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 20 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 55 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. unique rehab's 143.3 kBtu/ft² across 110,530 sq ft works out to about 15.8 billion Btu (4,642 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 247.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,790,011 kWh of electricity and 97,362 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires unique rehab to report its energy use?

unique rehab 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:PM20605992:2024). 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.