Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House

How does Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 12%. Its site EUI of 70.2 kBtu/ft² is about 20% 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 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 108,559 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 6 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 Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 12 Washington, DC disclosures for Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House, covering report years 2013–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 89 in both 2013 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 62.8 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 70.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 706 tCO₂e to 560 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House's 70.2 kBtu/ft² across 108,559 sq ft works out to about 7.6 billion Btu (2,233 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 146.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,318,459 kWh of electricity, 31,171 therms of natural gas and 7,710 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House to report its energy use?

Holiday Inn Washington DC Central / White House 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:PM3635119:2024). 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.