Wardman Court Apartments

How does Wardman Court Apartments 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. Wardman Court Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 62 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 29% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 38.2 kBtu/ft² is about 25% 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 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 12% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 199,228 sq ft, it is about 46% above the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1916, 49 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 Wardman Court Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Wardman Court Apartments, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 16 in 2018 to 62 in 2024 (+46 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 62. Site EUI moved from 66.0 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 38.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 42% decrease. Reported emissions went from 803 tCO₂e to 669 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 62 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 62 means the building performs better than about 62% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 62 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 13 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. Wardman Court Apartments's 38.2 kBtu/ft² across 199,228 sq ft works out to about 7.6 billion Btu (2,230 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 107.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,232,565 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 12,908 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Wardman Court Apartments to report its energy use?

Wardman Court Apartments 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:PM25582168:2024). 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.