Homewood Suites Washington DC Downtown

How does Homewood Suites Washington 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. Homewood Suites Washington DC Downtown's ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 54%. Its site EUI of 77.3 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 131,148 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 27 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 Washington DC Downtown's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for Homewood Suites Washington DC Downtown, covering report years 2016–2018. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 48 in 2016 to 57 in 2018 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 78.0 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 77.3 kBtu/ft² (2018), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,017 tCO₂e to 890 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 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. Homewood Suites Washington DC Downtown's 77.3 kBtu/ft² across 131,148 sq ft works out to about 10.1 billion Btu (2,971 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. Its source EUI of 178.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,141,246 kWh of electricity, 28,292 therms of natural gas and 8,209 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Homewood Suites Washington DC Downtown to report its energy use?

Homewood Suites Washington 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 2018 disclosure (source record dc:PM5936229:2018). 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.