200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200)

How does 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200) compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200)'s ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 46% of them and lower than 52%. Its site EUI of 40.1 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,179 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1983 construction date is close to 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 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200), covering report years 2019, 2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 86 in 2019 to 82 in 2021 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 86. Site EUI moved from 43.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 40.1 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 151 tCO₂e to 130 tCO₂e over the same span (down 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 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. 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200)'s 40.1 kBtu/ft² across 60,179 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (707 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 357,769 kWh of electricity and 10,629 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200) to report its energy use?

200 Pringle Ave Walnut Creek Ca (Walnut Creek Center - 200) 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:1654003:2021). 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.