1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc

How does 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 35% of them and lower than 64%. Its site EUI of 39.8 kBtu/ft² is about 39% below the average of 65.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,758 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1990 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1988). 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 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc, covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 64 in 2022 to 72 in 2024 (+8 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 73. Site EUI moved from 46.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 39.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 198 tCO₂e to 160 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In California, 65% 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. 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc's 39.8 kBtu/ft² across 65,758 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (767 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 527,515 kWh of electricity and 7,599 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc to report its energy use?

1095 - Sonesta Simply Suites Orange County Airport 2600 S. Red Hill Avenue - Svc reports under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10), the legal basis of California's Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide), which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record california:15975620:2024). AB 802 requires every California commercial building over 50,000 sq ft to report energy use to the CEC annually; the CEC publicly discloses the results statewide.