Wilshire Park Condo

How does Wilshire Park Condo 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. Wilshire Park Condo's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 10%. Its site EUI of 62.9 kBtu/ft² is about 23% 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 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 134,705 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1951, 14 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 Wilshire Park Condo's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Wilshire Park Condo, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2019 to 97 in 2024 (+38 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 97. Site EUI moved from 85.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 62.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 27% decrease. Reported emissions went from 774 tCO₂e to 505 tCO₂e over the same span (down 35%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 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. Wilshire Park Condo's 62.9 kBtu/ft² across 134,705 sq ft works out to about 8.5 billion Btu (2,483 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 91.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 581,927 kWh of electricity, 64,251 therms of natural gas and 8,452 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Wilshire Park Condo to report its energy use?

Wilshire Park Condo 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:PM18809718:2024). 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.