70300656 -- San Louis Obispo

How does 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 975 supermarket/grocery store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo's ENERGY STAR score of 42 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 5% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 191.4 kBtu/ft² is about 16% above the average of 164.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,933 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 4 years later than the group's average year built (1996). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo, covering report years 2018–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2018 to 42 in 2021 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 50. Site EUI moved from 198.7 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 191.4 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 685 tCO₂e to 594 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 42 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 42 means the building performs better than about 42% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 42 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 33 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. 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo's 191.4 kBtu/ft² across 51,933 sq ft works out to about 9.9 billion Btu (2,913 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 2,615,854 kWh of electricity and 10,141 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 70300656 -- San Louis Obispo to report its energy use?

70300656 -- San Louis Obispo 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:3186027:2021). 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.