Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road)

How does Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road) 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. Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road)'s ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 60.3 kBtu/ft² is about 18% 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 3.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 157,021 sq ft, it is about 15% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 37 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 Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road), covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 68 in 2018 to 86 in 2024 (+18 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 86. Site EUI moved from 86.9 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 60.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 31% decrease. Reported emissions went from 635 tCO₂e to 577 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road)'s 60.3 kBtu/ft² across 157,021 sq ft works out to about 9.5 billion Btu (2,775 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 87.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 621,199 kWh of electricity, 73,526 therms of natural gas and 4,112 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road) to report its energy use?

Valley Vista Unit Owners Association (2032 Belmont Road) 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:PM14009910:2024). 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.