A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats

How does A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 12%. Its site EUI of 40.8 kBtu/ft² is about 38% below 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 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 43% below the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 180,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1907, 81 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 A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats, covering report years 2019–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2019 to 98 in 2021 (+19 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 100. Site EUI moved from 70.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 40.8 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 42% decrease. Reported emissions went from 776 tCO₂e to 414 tCO₂e over the same span (down 47%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats's 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 180,000 sq ft works out to about 7.3 billion Btu (2,152 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 966,658 kWh of electricity and 40,427 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats to report its energy use?

A0000022 - Argonaut_Sf_Wildcats 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:10363152:2021). 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.