3131 East Maria Street

How does 3131 East Maria Street 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. 3131 East Maria Street's ENERGY STAR score of 19 compares with an average of 68 across the 2,227 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 21.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% above the group average of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,075 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 173,929 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 19 years earlier 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 19 means the building performs better than about 19% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 19 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 56 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. 3131 East Maria Street's 26.0 kBtu/ft² across 66,075 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (503 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 419,410 kWh of electricity and 1,445 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 3131 East Maria Street to report its energy use?

3131 East Maria Street 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:55192292:2024). 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.