Hard Rock Hotel San Diego
Hotel in California, CA · 207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego · 92101
At a glance
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego is a 365,000-square-foot hotel at 207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 2008. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 98.6 kBtu/ft².
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 98.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 5,922,244 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 365,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:34555240:2023 |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92101
- Coordinates
- 32.70756, -117.15991
Within ~1 km
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How does Hard Rock Hotel San Diego compare with other hotel buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 98.6 kBtu/ft² is about 50% above the average of 65.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 365,000 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 20 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.
What does a site EUI of 98.6 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Hard Rock Hotel San Diego's 98.6 kBtu/ft² across 365,000 sq ft works out to about 36 billion Btu (10,547 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 5,922,244 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Hard Rock Hotel San Diego to report its energy use?
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:34555240:2023). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Hard Rock Hotel San Diego's energy grade?
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 98.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Hard Rock Hotel San Diego use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 98.6 kBtu/ft² across 365,000 sq ft, including 5,922,244 kWh of electricity.
What are Hard Rock Hotel San Diego's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2023.
Where is Hard Rock Hotel San Diego?
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego is at 207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92101. Its coordinates are 32.70756, -117.15991 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Hard Rock Hotel San Diego and when was it built?
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has 365,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2008 as its year built. It is classed as hotel.
Is Hard Rock Hotel San Diego covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, San Diego, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/hard-rock-hotel-san-diego-4bb74c45 (data as of July 9, 2026).