Vida Brightwood Senior Residences

How does Vida Brightwood Senior Residences 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. Vida Brightwood Senior Residences'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 39.5 kBtu/ft² is about 23% 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 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 26,492 sq ft, it is about 81% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 46 years later 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 Vida Brightwood Senior Residences's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Vida Brightwood Senior Residences, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 77 in 2023 to 86 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 42.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 39.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 89 tCO₂e to 83 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

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. Vida Brightwood Senior Residences's 39.5 kBtu/ft² across 26,492 sq ft works out to about 1 billion Btu (307 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 94.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 235,818 kWh of electricity, 2,416 therms of natural gas and 860 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Vida Brightwood Senior Residences to report its energy use?

Vida Brightwood Senior Residences 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:PM35162808:2024). 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.