4500 Morning Dr

How does 4500 Morning Dr compare with other medical office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 602 medical office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 4500 Morning Dr's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 63 across the 546 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 19%. Its site EUI of 52.5 kBtu/ft² is about 44% below the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 45% below the group average of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,139 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 100,847 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 24 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 4500 Morning Dr's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 4500 Morning Dr, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 84 in 2019 to 97 in 2020 (+13 points). Site EUI moved from 56.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 52.5 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 245 tCO₂e to 202 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 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. 4500 Morning Dr's 52.5 kBtu/ft² across 66,139 sq ft works out to about 3.5 billion Btu (1,018 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 702,350 kWh of electricity and 10,786 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 4500 Morning Dr to report its energy use?

4500 Morning Dr 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:11016289:2020). 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.