Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel

How does Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 18% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 111.8 kBtu/ft² is about 28% 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 9.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 36% above the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 266,537 sq ft, it is about 17% above the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 31 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 Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Washington, DC disclosures for Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel, covering report years 2012–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 10 in 2012 to 31 in 2017 (+21 points); its best year on file was 2013, at 74. Site EUI moved from 147.7 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 111.8 kBtu/ft² (2017), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,236 tCO₂e to 2,504 tCO₂e over the same span (down 23%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 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. Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel's 111.8 kBtu/ft² across 266,537 sq ft works out to about 29.8 billion Btu (8,733 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 242.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,665,275 kWh of electricity, 138,902 therms of natural gas and 14,893 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel to report its energy use?

Embassy Suite Convention Center Hotel 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 2017 disclosure (source record dc:PM3487836:2017). 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.