Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront

How does Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront 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 Hotel Capitol Riverfront's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 75% of them and lower than 24%. Its site EUI of 64.1 kBtu/ft² is about 27% below the average of 87.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 82,057 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 46 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.

How has Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2022 to 77 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 80. Site EUI moved from 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 64.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 401 tCO₂e to 409 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 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. Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront's 64.1 kBtu/ft² across 82,057 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,542 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 148.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,120,749 kWh of electricity, 13,759 therms of natural gas and 4,955 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront to report its energy use?

Cambria Hotel Capitol Riverfront 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 2024 disclosure (source record dc:PM25744070:2024). 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.