Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices

How does Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices compare with other medical office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 602 medical office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 63 across the 546 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 61.0 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 52,911 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 100,847 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 18 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 Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 55 in 2018 to 43 in 2024 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 61. Site EUI moved from 49.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 61.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 24% increase. Reported emissions went from 185 tCO₂e to 202 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices's 61.0 kBtu/ft² across 52,911 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (946 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 890,930 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices to report its energy use?

Ca2491 - Rancho Bernardo Medical Offices 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:2551360:2024). 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.