Glover Park Hotel

How does Glover Park 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. Glover Park Hotel'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 85.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 90,248 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 3 years earlier 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 Glover Park Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Washington, DC disclosures for Glover Park Hotel, covering report years 2018–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 26 in 2018 to 58 in 2022 (+32 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 94. Site EUI moved from 108.1 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 85.1 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 21% decrease. Reported emissions went from 958 tCO₂e to 674 tCO₂e over the same span (down 30%).

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. Glover Park Hotel's 85.1 kBtu/ft² across 90,248 sq ft works out to about 7.7 billion Btu (2,251 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 174.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,279,990 kWh of electricity, 33,165 therms of natural gas and 3,812 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Glover Park Hotel to report its energy use?

Glover Park 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 2022 disclosure (source record dc:PM32896050:2022). 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.