101 Innovation

How does 101 Innovation compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 101 Innovation's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 12%. Its site EUI of 145.3 kBtu/ft² is about 158% above the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 133% above the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,913 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 13 years later than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 101 Innovation's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 101 Innovation, covering report years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2018 to 98 in 2024 (+18 points). Site EUI moved from 55.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 145.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 160% increase. Reported emissions went from 231 tCO₂e to 512 tCO₂e over the same span (up 122%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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 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. 101 Innovation's 145.3 kBtu/ft² across 60,913 sq ft works out to about 8.9 billion Btu (2,594 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,764,728 kWh of electricity and 21,097 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 101 Innovation to report its energy use?

101 Innovation 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:3122642:2024). 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.