2722 Michelson

How does 2722 Michelson compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2722 Michelson's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 44.1 kBtu/ft² is about 22% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 154,418 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2019, 34 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 2722 Michelson's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 2722 Michelson, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 89 in 2023 to 79 in 2024 (-10 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 89. Reported emissions went from 279 tCO₂e to 418 tCO₂e over the same span (up 50%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. 2722 Michelson's 44.1 kBtu/ft² across 154,418 sq ft works out to about 6.8 billion Btu (1,996 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,155,519 kWh of electricity and 29,494 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2722 Michelson to report its energy use?

2722 Michelson 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:29885324:2024). 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.