611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws

How does 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws compare with other hotel buildings in Montgomery County?

The latest disclosures cover 50 hotel buildings in Montgomery County, out of 1,766 buildings citywide. 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws's ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 61 across the 48 that report a score; it scores higher than 35% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 81.2 kBtu/ft² is about 12% above the average of 72.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 114,510 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 121,110 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 10 years earlier 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 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Montgomery County disclosures for 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2023 to 55 in 2024 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 63. Site EUI moved from 73.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 81.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 651 tCO₂e to 702 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws's 81.2 kBtu/ft² across 114,510 sq ft works out to about 9.3 billion Btu (2,725 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 177.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,761,671 kWh of electricity and 32,856 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws to report its energy use?

611&612 Rockville Md Hgi&Hws 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:32809073:2024). 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.