Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care

How does Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care compare with other commercial buildings in Berkeley?

The latest disclosures cover 150 commercial buildings in Berkeley, out of 440 buildings citywide. Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 77 across the 84 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 48%. Its site EUI of 66.6 kBtu/ft² is about 37% above the average of 48.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 27,502 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 50,513 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,307 commercial buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 76 and a site EUI of 51.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Berkeley disclosures for Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care, covering report years 2022–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 64 in 2022 to 87 in 2025 (+23 points). Site EUI moved from 71.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 66.6 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 6% decrease.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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 Berkeley, 82% 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. Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care's 66.6 kBtu/ft² across 27,502 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (537 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 112.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 198,893 kWh of electricity and 7,396 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care to report its energy use?

Sutter Health Clinic - Urgent Care reports under BESO (BMC Chapter 19.81), the legal basis of Berkeley's Building Emissions Saving Ordinance, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record berkeley:4590:2025). Berkeley's BESO requires annual benchmarking for commercial and multifamily buildings of 15,000 sq ft or more, with energy assessments at time of listing and every five years for buildings of 25,000 sq ft or more.