Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard

How does Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard's ENERGY STAR score of 81 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 20%. Its site EUI of 66.2 kBtu/ft² is about 24% 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 4.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 137,191 sq ft, it is about 40% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 42 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 Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2022 to 81 in 2024 (+2 points). Site EUI moved from 68.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 66.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 695 tCO₂e to 676 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 81 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 81 means the building performs better than about 81% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 81 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. Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard's 66.2 kBtu/ft² across 137,191 sq ft works out to about 9.1 billion Btu (2,662 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 140.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,633,012 kWh of electricity, 35,121 therms of natural gas and 6,520 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard to report its energy use?

Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC Capitol - Navy Yard 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:PM28403486:2024). 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.