Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown

How does Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 78% of them and lower than 21%. Its site EUI of 63.0 kBtu/ft² is about 28% 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 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 111,056 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 12 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 Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown, covering report years 2016–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2016 to 80 in 2022 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 96. Site EUI moved from 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 63.0 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 683 tCO₂e to 534 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 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. Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown's 63.0 kBtu/ft² across 111,056 sq ft works out to about 7 billion Btu (2,050 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 141.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,403,849 kWh of electricity, 22,023 therms of natural gas and 5,486 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown to report its energy use?

Fairfield Inn & Suites DC Downtown 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 2022 disclosure (source record dc:PM5927475:2022). 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.