2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802

How does 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802 compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 98.6 kBtu/ft² is about 50% 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 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 43% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,916 sq ft, it is about 69% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 14 years earlier 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 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 38 in 2023 to 31 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 38. Site EUI moved from 93.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 98.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 282 tCO₂e to 297 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 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. 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802's 98.6 kBtu/ft² across 51,916 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,500 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 594,150 kWh of electricity and 30,609 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2909 South Bristol Street - Ab802 to report its energy use?

2909 South Bristol Street - 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:41220692:2024). 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.