Palm Springs

How does Palm Springs compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Palm Springs's ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 64.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 93,515 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1997, 9 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 Palm Springs's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Palm Springs, covering report years 2018–2019. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 70 in 2018 to 64 in 2019 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 70. Site EUI moved from 59.3 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 64.8 kBtu/ft² (2019), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 344 tCO₂e to 374 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. Palm Springs's 64.8 kBtu/ft² across 93,515 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,776 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 839,856 kWh of electricity and 32,393 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Palm Springs to report its energy use?

Palm Springs 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:2226331:2019). 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.