Avatar Hotel

How does Avatar Hotel compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Avatar Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 49%. Its site EUI of 74.2 kBtu/ft² is about 13% 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 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,331 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 5 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 Avatar Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Avatar Hotel, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2023 to 83 in 2024 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 100. Site EUI moved from 14.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 74.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 398% increase. Reported emissions went from 63 tCO₂e to 298 tCO₂e over the same span (up 371%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Avatar Hotel's 74.2 kBtu/ft² across 69,331 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,508 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 534,002 kWh of electricity and 33,257 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Avatar Hotel to report its energy use?

Avatar Hotel 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:33955522:2024). 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.