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1440 E Imperial Ave
LOS ANGELES, CA

1440 E Imperial Ave (El Segundo, CA 90245) is the Embassy Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport South, a 5-story, 349-suite full-service hotel built in 1985 with ~12,000 sq ft of event/meeting space. High-energy-use hospitality property operating 24/7 with indoor pool, restaurant, atrium HVAC, and continuous guest services near LAX.

System layout — rooftop arrays at LOS ANGELES
System layout — rooftop arrays

Projected savings.

Year 1

$109,400

Lifetime (~30 yr)

$8,159,000

By the numbers.

1.0

Years to payback

$19.3M

Total benefits (lifetime)

$11.2M

Property value gain

$331,770

Tax incentives captured

Levelized cost of electricity

$0.02 / kWh · SolarPorts
vs.
$1.15 / kWh · PG&E

Like most LOS ANGELES businesses, the site was paying high Peak rates and large Demand charges — the kind of bill structure that punishes daytime energy use and penalizes the very hours commercial properties consume the most power. The result was a Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) of $1.15/kWh from PG&E, reduced to $0.02/kWh from SolarPorts.

SolarPorts evaluated their interval power usage (every 15 minutes) and proposed a right-sized 113 kW solar system for on-site generation delivered as a rooftop array on the building.

The system now produces roughly 235,880 AC kWh of clean energy each year, an estimated $109,400 in year-one utility offsets, and around $8,159,000 in net lifetime savings — turning a recurring operating-cost into a long-term, predictable energy hedge.

System spec

System design

Site
1440 E Imperial Ave
LOS ANGELES, CA 90068-3238
APN
5549-030-014
Utility
PG&E
Seismic rating
1.2
Irradiance
2
System size
112.5 kW DC
Estimated production
235,880 AC kWh / year
Year-1 utility offset
$109,400
Lifetime savings (~30 yr)
$8,159,000
Solar panels
180 × Q.TRON XL-G2.3/BFG
Wire loss
2.0%

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