The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE)

How does The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE) compare with other hotel buildings in Washington, DC?

The latest disclosures cover 257 hotel buildings in Washington, DC, out of 6,870 buildings citywide. The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE)'s ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 55.5 kBtu/ft² is about 37% 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 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 287,557 sq ft, it is about 26% above the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 12 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 The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Washington, DC disclosures for The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE), covering report years 2017–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 24 in 2017 to 86 in 2020 (+62 points). Site EUI moved from 80.5 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 55.5 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 31% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,127 tCO₂e to 1,210 tCO₂e over the same span (down 43%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE)'s 55.5 kBtu/ft² across 287,557 sq ft works out to about 16 billion Btu (4,677 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. Its source EUI of 110.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,499,342 kWh of electricity, 74,196 therms of natural gas and 6,737 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE) to report its energy use?

The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel (DCAKE) 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 2020 disclosure (source record dc:PM6276306:2020). 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.