5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford)

How does 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford) 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. 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford)'s ENERGY STAR score of 2 compares with an average of 68 across the 2,227 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 57.2 kBtu/ft² is about 164% 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 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 171% above the group average of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 71,602 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 173,929 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1997, 9 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 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford), covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 38 in 2019 to 2 in 2020 (-36 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 38. Site EUI moved from 22.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 57.2 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 155% increase. Reported emissions went from 108 tCO₂e to 271 tCO₂e over the same span (up 152%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 2 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 2 means the building performs better than about 2% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 2 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 73 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. 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford)'s 57.2 kBtu/ft² across 71,602 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,200 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 1,199,569 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford) to report its energy use?

5803 Newton Drive (Ab 802 Rexford) 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:10173538:2020). 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.