Village Tower (vl012)

How does Village Tower (vl012) 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. Village Tower (vl012)'s ENERGY STAR score of 42 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 80.1 kBtu/ft² is about 57% 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 6.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 71% above the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 135,985 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 24 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 Village Tower (vl012)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Village Tower (vl012), covering report years 2018–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2018 to 42 in 2020 (-58 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 100. Site EUI moved from 21.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 80.1 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 278% increase. Reported emissions went from 153 tCO₂e to 880 tCO₂e over the same span (up 476%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 42 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 42 means the building performs better than about 42% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 42 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 33 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. Village Tower (vl012)'s 80.1 kBtu/ft² across 135,985 sq ft works out to about 10.9 billion Btu (3,192 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. Its source EUI of 175.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,077,394 kWh of electricity, 38,006 therms of natural gas and 11,261 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Village Tower (vl012) to report its energy use?

Village Tower (vl012) 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 2020 disclosure (source record dc:PM6431347:2020). 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.