1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford)

How does 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford) compare with other distribution center buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 3,121 distribution center buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford)'s ENERGY STAR score of 49 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 12.8 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 36% below the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 92,455 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 5 years earlier than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 54 in 2019 to 49 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 71. Site EUI moved from 11.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 12.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 73 tCO₂e to 77 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 49 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 49 means the building performs better than about 49% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 49 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 26 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. 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford)'s 12.8 kBtu/ft² across 92,455 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (347 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 313,674 kWh of electricity and 1,104 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford) to report its energy use?

1175 Aviation Place (Ab 802 Rexford) 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:10172225:2024). 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.