WCH The Churchill Hotel

How does WCH The Churchill 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. WCH The Churchill Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 58 across the 251 that report a score; it scores higher than 86% of them and lower than 13%. Its site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft² is about 32% 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 40% below the group average of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 111,018 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 227,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1903, 71 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 WCH The Churchill Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Washington, DC disclosures for WCH The Churchill Hotel, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2018 to 88 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 97. Site EUI moved from 60.1 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 59.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 516 tCO₂e to 462 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 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. WCH The Churchill Hotel's 59.3 kBtu/ft² across 111,018 sq ft works out to about 6.6 billion Btu (1,929 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 113.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 950,800 kWh of electricity, 33,405 therms of natural gas and 6,196 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires WCH The Churchill Hotel to report its energy use?

WCH The Churchill 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:PM6841465:2024). 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.