Surf And Sand Hotel

How does Surf And Sand Hotel compare with other hotel buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,599 hotel buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Surf And Sand Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 74 across the 1,525 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 85.2 kBtu/ft² is about 30% 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 5.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% above the group average of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,500 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 167,786 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1948, 40 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 Surf And Sand Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Surf And Sand Hotel, covering report years 2022, 2024. Only one of those years carries energy figures.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 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. Surf And Sand Hotel's 85.2 kBtu/ft² across 58,500 sq ft works out to about 5 billion Btu (1,461 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 921,610 kWh of electricity and 18,382 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Surf And Sand Hotel to report its energy use?

Surf And Sand 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:27977085:2024). 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.