Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel

How does Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator 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. Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 75 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 27%. Its site EUI of 68.5 kBtu/ft² is about 22% 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 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 97,125 sq ft, it is about 57% 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 Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Washington, DC disclosures for Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel, covering report years 2019–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2019 to 75 in 2022 (+8 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 94. Site EUI moved from 71.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 68.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 590 tCO₂e to 509 tCO₂e over the same span (down 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 means the building performs better than about 75% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 75 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. Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel's 68.5 kBtu/ft² across 97,125 sq ft works out to about 6.7 billion Btu (1,950 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 154.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,342,069 kWh of electricity, 20,727 therms of natural gas and 4,681 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator Hotel to report its energy use?

Washington DC/Dupont Circle - Generator 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 2022 disclosure (source record dc:PM12438562:2022). 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.