Motto Hotel

How does Motto 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. Motto Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 84% of them and lower than 14%. Its site EUI of 73.4 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 5.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 78,735 sq ft, it is about 65% 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 Motto Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for Motto Hotel, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2018 to 87 in 2024 (+13 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 88. Site EUI moved from 78.9 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 73.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 491 tCO₂e to 399 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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. Motto Hotel's 73.4 kBtu/ft² across 78,735 sq ft works out to about 5.8 billion Btu (1,694 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 136.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 778,546 kWh of electricity, 31,212 therms of natural gas and 3,886 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Motto Hotel to report its energy use?

Motto 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 2024 disclosure (source record dc:PM6279493:2024). 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.