Van Ness East Condominium

How does Van Ness East 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. Van Ness East Condominium's ENERGY STAR score of 69 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 96.5 kBtu/ft² is about 89% 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 6.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 260,732 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1964 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 Van Ness East Condominium's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Van Ness East Condominium, covering report years 2012–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 75 in 2014 to 69 in 2017 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 99. Site EUI moved from 67.3 kBtu/ft² (2014) to 96.5 kBtu/ft² (2017), an 43% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,685 tCO₂e to 1,672 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 69 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 69 means the building performs better than about 69% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 69 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 6 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. Van Ness East Condominium's 96.5 kBtu/ft² across 260,732 sq ft works out to about 25.2 billion Btu (7,374 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 147.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,706,071 kWh of electricity, 193,291 therms of natural gas and 29,147 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Van Ness East Condominium to report its energy use?

Van Ness East 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM3508102:2017). 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.