5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park

How does 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 61% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 62.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,272 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 12 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 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park, covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2021 to 89 in 2022 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 91. Site EUI moved from 59.6 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 62.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 5% increase. Reported emissions went from 298 tCO₂e to 282 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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 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. 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park's 62.5 kBtu/ft² across 50,272 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (921 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 545,377 kWh of electricity and 13,567 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park to report its energy use?

5650-Fairfield Inn Twentynine Palms-Joshua Tree National Park 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:21375394:2022). 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.