Carnegie

How does Carnegie compare with other distribution center buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 3,121 distribution center buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Carnegie's ENERGY STAR score of 2 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 117.0 kBtu/ft² is about 491% above the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 428% above the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 94,708 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 6 years later than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Carnegie's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Carnegie, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 7 in 2023 to 2 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 7. Site EUI moved from 83.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 117.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 40% increase. Reported emissions went from 493 tCO₂e to 650 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

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. Carnegie's 117.0 kBtu/ft² across 94,708 sq ft works out to about 11.1 billion Btu (3,247 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,362,869 kWh of electricity and 64,311 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Carnegie to report its energy use?

Carnegie 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:30820305:2024). 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.