2590 Orchard Parkway

How does 2590 Orchard Parkway compare with other other - technology/science buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 86 other - technology/science buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 312.5 kBtu/ft² is about 172% above the average of 114.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 21.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 189% above the group average of 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,012 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 133,388 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 136 other - technology/science buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 21 and a site EUI of 150.2 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 312.5 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 2590 Orchard Parkway's 312.5 kBtu/ft² across 61,012 sq ft works out to about 19.1 billion Btu (5,588 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 5,110,746 kWh of electricity and 16,224 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2590 Orchard Parkway to report its energy use?

2590 Orchard Parkway 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:33987392:2023). 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.