06525- Irvine, Ca

How does 06525- Irvine, Ca compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 975 supermarket/grocery store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 06525- Irvine, Ca's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 196.4 kBtu/ft² is about 19% above the average of 164.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 21.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 52,151 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1999 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1996). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 06525- Irvine, Ca's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 06525- Irvine, Ca, covering report years 2018–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2018 to 67 in 2020 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 70. Site EUI moved from 181.6 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 196.4 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 8% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,140 tCO₂e to 1,122 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 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. 06525- Irvine, Ca's 196.4 kBtu/ft² across 52,151 sq ft works out to about 10.2 billion Btu (3,002 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 2,295,564 kWh of electricity and 24,354 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 06525- Irvine, Ca to report its energy use?

06525- Irvine, Ca 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:1260637:2020). 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.