Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station

How does Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 105.9 kBtu/ft² is about 21% 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 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% above the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,000 sq ft, it is about 74% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 41 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 Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2022 to 53 in 2024 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 59. Site EUI moved from 109.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 105.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 575 tCO₂e to 506 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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. Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station's 105.9 kBtu/ft² across 60,000 sq ft works out to about 6.4 billion Btu (1,862 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 296.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,861,928 kWh of electricity, 0 therms of natural gas and 6,348 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station to report its energy use?

Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Washington DC-NoMa Union Station 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:PM25561090:2024). 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.