Costco #01660 Newark

How does Costco #01660 Newark 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. Costco #01660 Newark's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 35% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 134.1 kBtu/ft² is about 18% below the average of 164.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 161,800 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2023, 27 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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. Costco #01660 Newark's 134.1 kBtu/ft² across 161,800 sq ft works out to about 21.7 billion Btu (6,359 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 4,838,787 kWh of electricity and 44,440 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Costco #01660 Newark to report its energy use?

Costco #01660 Newark 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:64092692:2024). 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.