73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton

How does 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton's ENERGY STAR score of 15 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 5% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 129.6 kBtu/ft² is about twice 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 7.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 85% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 257,062 sq ft, it is about 53% above 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 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton, covering report years 2018–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 1 in 2018 to 15 in 2020 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 186.0 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 129.6 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 30% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,795 tCO₂e to 1,907 tCO₂e over the same span (down 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 15 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 15 means the building performs better than about 15% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 15 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 60 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. 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton's 129.6 kBtu/ft² across 257,062 sq ft works out to about 33.3 billion Btu (9,764 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 3,067,054 kWh of electricity and 228,491 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton to report its energy use?

73R61-Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:3351801:2020). 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.