425 Colorado Ave

How does 425 Colorado Ave compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 425 Colorado Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 29 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 102.2 kBtu/ft² is about 56% 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 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 57% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 87,818 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 28 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 425 Colorado Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 425 Colorado Ave, covering report years 2019, 2021, 2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2019 to 29 in 2022 (-43 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 72. Site EUI moved from 59.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 102.2 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 71% increase. Reported emissions went from 323 tCO₂e to 556 tCO₂e over the same span (up 72%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 29 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 29 means the building performs better than about 29% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 29 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 46 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. 425 Colorado Ave's 102.2 kBtu/ft² across 87,818 sq ft works out to about 9 billion Btu (2,630 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 1,098,153 kWh of electricity and 56,282 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 425 Colorado Ave to report its energy use?

425 Colorado Ave 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:6685232:2022). 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.