160 East Via Verde

How does 160 East Via Verde compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 160 East Via Verde's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 68%. Its site EUI of 65.1 kBtu/ft² is about 15% 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% above the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,366 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 14 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 160 East Via Verde's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 160 East Via Verde, covering report years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2019 to 71 in 2024 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 83. Site EUI moved from 54.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 65.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 19% increase. Reported emissions went from 195 tCO₂e to 231 tCO₂e over the same span (up 19%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. 160 East Via Verde's 65.1 kBtu/ft² across 56,366 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,075 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 700,086 kWh of electricity and 13,724 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 160 East Via Verde to report its energy use?

160 East Via Verde 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:12798714:2024). 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.