City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC)

How does City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington 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. City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC)'s ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 46% of them and lower than 52%. Its site EUI of 91.7 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 87.6 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 7.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 112,390 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.

How has City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC), covering report years 2017–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 57 in 2017 to 58 in 2023 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 70. Site EUI moved from 89.9 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 91.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 902 tCO₂e to 785 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC)'s 91.7 kBtu/ft² across 112,390 sq ft works out to about 10.3 billion Btu (3,020 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 196.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,893,130 kWh of electricity, 38,414 therms of natural gas and 3,528 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington DC) to report its energy use?

City Market Hotel Development LLC (Cambria Hotel Washington 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 2023 disclosure (source record dc:PM6367979:2023). 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.