1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802

How does 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802 compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 6 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 97%. Its site EUI of 160.7 kBtu/ft² is about 145% above the average of 65.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 141% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 81,111 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 23 years later than 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 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 6 in both 2023 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 165.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 160.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 788 tCO₂e to 782 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 6 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 6 means the building performs better than about 6% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 6 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 69 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. 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802's 160.7 kBtu/ft² across 81,111 sq ft works out to about 13 billion Btu (3,820 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,703,270 kWh of electricity and 74,538 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802 to report its energy use?

1515 Ocean Avenue - Ab802 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:35692781:2024). 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.