9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley

How does 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley compare with other retail store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,742 retail store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 83% of them. Its site EUI of 1.2 kBtu/ft² is about 98% below the average of 53.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 97% below the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 85,851 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 10 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley, covering report years 2018–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2018 to 100 in 2022 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 28.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 1.2 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 96% decrease. Reported emissions went from 173 tCO₂e to 6 tCO₂e over the same span (down 96%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley's 1.2 kBtu/ft² across 85,851 sq ft works out to about 0.1 billion Btu (30 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 13,483 kWh of electricity and 566 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley to report its energy use?

9746, 111 W Mc Knight Way, Grass Valley 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:2345103:2022). 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.