5 Lower Ragsdale

How does 5 Lower Ragsdale compare with other urgent care/clinic/other outpatient buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 30 urgent care/clinic/other outpatient buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 61.8 kBtu/ft² is about 41% below the average of 105.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% below the group average of 6.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 63,004 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 109,432 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1994, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1989).

How has 5 Lower Ragsdale's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 5 Lower Ragsdale, covering report years 2023–2024. Site EUI moved from 65.4 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 61.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 280 tCO₂e to 250 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does a site EUI of 61.8 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 5 Lower Ragsdale's 61.8 kBtu/ft² across 63,004 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,141 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 914,961 kWh of electricity and 8,061 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 5 Lower Ragsdale to report its energy use?

5 Lower Ragsdale 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:33631091:2024). 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.