Alila Ventana Big Sur

How does Alila Ventana Big Sur compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Alila Ventana Big Sur's ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 104.5 kBtu/ft² is about 59% 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 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 69% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 86,501 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 33 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 Alila Ventana Big Sur's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Alila Ventana Big Sur, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 9 in 2022 to 55 in 2024 (+46 points). Site EUI moved from 228.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 104.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 54% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,132 tCO₂e to 586 tCO₂e over the same span (down 48%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. Alila Ventana Big Sur's 104.5 kBtu/ft² across 86,501 sq ft works out to about 9 billion Btu (2,649 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,693,877 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Alila Ventana Big Sur to report its energy use?

Alila Ventana Big Sur 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:22722203:2024). 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.