5460- Sheraton Rockville

How does 5460- Sheraton Rockville compare with other hotel buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 50 hotel buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. 5460- Sheraton Rockville's ENERGY STAR score of 56 compares with an average of 61 across the 48 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 56%. Its site EUI of 86.1 kBtu/ft² is about 19% above the average of 72.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 76,725 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 121,110 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².

How has 5460- Sheraton Rockville's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for 5460- Sheraton Rockville, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 47 in 2023 to 56 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 88.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 86.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 510 tCO₂e to 482 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 56 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 56 means the building performs better than about 56% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 56 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 19 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Montgomery County, 53% 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. 5460- Sheraton Rockville's 86.1 kBtu/ft² across 76,725 sq ft works out to about 6.6 billion Btu (1,936 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 176.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,107,918 kWh of electricity and 28,265 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 5460- Sheraton Rockville to report its energy use?

5460- Sheraton Rockville reports under the Benchmarking Law (Bill 2-14) / BEPS (Bill 16-21), the legal basis of Montgomery County's Commercial 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 montgomery_county:21375383:2024). Montgomery County's BEPS (Bill 16-21; regulations approved in 2025) sets declining site-EUI standards for buildings of 25,000+ sq ft, with interim and then final standards later this decade and into the 2030s depending on building type.