2959 Thomas Place

How does 2959 Thomas Place compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 2,867 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2959 Thomas Place's ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 68 across the 2,227 that report a score; it scores higher than 29% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 10.2 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 21.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 138,455 sq ft, it is about 20% below the average floor area of 173,929 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 27 years later than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 2959 Thomas Place's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 2959 Thomas Place, covering report years 2018–2019. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2018 to 57 in 2019 (-30 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 87. Site EUI moved from 9.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 10.2 kBtu/ft² (2019), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 88 tCO₂e to 98 tCO₂e over the same span (up 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. 2959 Thomas Place's 10.2 kBtu/ft² across 138,455 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (414 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 380,874 kWh of electricity and 1,188 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2959 Thomas Place to report its energy use?

2959 Thomas Place 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:6832357:2019). 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.