Benchmarking helps building owners, investors, and tenants compare energy and cost performance year-over-year across similar buildings, and to better identify energy saving opportunities to reduce costs and prioritize investments. Benchmarking data is critical to compliance with DC’s Building Energy Performance Standards. Our 2025 blog series explains local benchmarking trends based on analysis of 2023 data, which was third-party verified and is the most recent complete and accurate dataset.
Part 1: How are Buildings Faring with Respect to BEPS?
AOBA and the Building Innovation Hub breakdown the most recent complete and accurate benchmarking data to examine how multifamily and office buildings across the city compare with the BEPS thresholds.
AOBA and the Hub find DC’s 2023 benchmarking data reveals trends in multifamily and office building energy performance from 2019 to 2023.
The Hub zooms in on low performing buildings to understand where they are with meeting the BEPS.