176 Fountain Valley

How does 176 Fountain Valley compare with other retail store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,742 retail store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 176 Fountain Valley's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 61%. Its site EUI of 37.9 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 53.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% below the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,443 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 26 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 176 Fountain Valley's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 176 Fountain Valley, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2023 to 83 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 86. Site EUI moved from 33.3 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 37.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 14% increase. Reported emissions went from 127 tCO₂e to 126 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 176 Fountain Valley's 37.9 kBtu/ft² across 53,443 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (594 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 555,228 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 176 Fountain Valley to report its energy use?

176 Fountain Valley 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:33626799:2024). 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.