Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca)

How does Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca) compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca)'s ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 55% of them and lower than 43%. Its site EUI of 43.2 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 179,420 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 4 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 Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca), covering report years 2018–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2018 to 86 in 2020 (+40 points). Site EUI moved from 76.4 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 43.2 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 43% decrease. Reported emissions went from 836 tCO₂e to 485 tCO₂e over the same span (down 42%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca)'s 43.2 kBtu/ft² across 179,420 sq ft works out to about 7.8 billion Btu (2,272 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 1,618,350 kWh of electricity and 22,376 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca) to report its energy use?

Embassy Suites By Hilton Santa Clara Silicon Valley (Sncca) 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:6453679:2020). 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.