27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802

How does 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802 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. 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 59% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 27.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 120,204 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1990 construction date is close to 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 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2023 to 94 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 95. Site EUI moved from 25.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 27.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 188 tCO₂e to 196 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802's 27.6 kBtu/ft² across 120,204 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (972 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 867,342 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 27401 La Paz Rd - Ab802 to report its energy use?

27401 La Paz Rd - 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:42115292:2024). 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.