Cambria DC

How does Cambria DC compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Cambria DC's ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 121.9 kBtu/ft² is about 39% above the average of 87.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 61% above the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 116,493 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 40 years later than the group's average year built (1974). 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Cambria DC's 121.9 kBtu/ft² across 116,493 sq ft works out to about 14.2 billion Btu (4,162 MWh-equivalent) in 2016. Its source EUI of 283.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,546,350 kWh of electricity, 55,087 therms of natural gas and 7,624 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Cambria DC to report its energy use?

Cambria DC 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 2016 disclosure (source record dc:PM5912072:2016). 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.