2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802

How does 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802 compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 141 vehicle dealership buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 68 across the 122 that report a score; it scores higher than 84% of them and lower than 8%. Its site EUI of 25.2 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 49.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,058 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 89,700 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1980 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1982). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 318 vehicle dealership buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 57 and a site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft².

How has 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2023 to 99 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 100. Site EUI moved from 20.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 25.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 22% increase. Reported emissions went from 83 tCO₂e to 103 tCO₂e over the same span (up 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 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. 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802's 25.2 kBtu/ft² across 61,058 sq ft works out to about 1.5 billion Btu (451 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 427,468 kWh of electricity and 1,202 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802 to report its energy use?

2131 East Convention Center Way - Ab802 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:35871529:2024). 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.