Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323

How does Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323 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. Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 72 across the 1,618 that report a score; it scores higher than 57% of them and lower than 41%. Its site EUI of 50.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 38,833 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 136,346 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 37 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 Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Washington, DC disclosures for Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2022 to 84 in 2023 (-16 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 30.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 50.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 65% increase. Reported emissions went from 76 tCO₂e to 129 tCO₂e over the same span (up 71%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323's 50.6 kBtu/ft² across 38,833 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (576 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 81.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 186,327 kWh of electricity, 10,440 therms of natural gas and 1,903 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323 to report its energy use?

Woodmont Crossing 2321-2323 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 2023 disclosure (source record dc:PM28748793:2023). 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.