The Normandy Hotel

How does The Normandy 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. The Normandy Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 16 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 107.2 kBtu/ft² is about 22% above the average of 87.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 28,800 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 5 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 Normandy Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Washington, DC disclosures for The Normandy Hotel, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 26 in 2022 to 16 in 2024 (-10 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 26. Site EUI moved from 103.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 107.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 197 tCO₂e to 206 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 16 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 16 means the building performs better than about 16% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 16 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 59 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. The Normandy Hotel's 107.2 kBtu/ft² across 28,800 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (905 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 186.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 356,672 kWh of electricity, 18,701 therms of natural gas and 2,222 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Normandy Hotel to report its energy use?

The Normandy 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:PM25312952:2024). 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.