Culver City Toyota

How does Culver City Toyota compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 141 vehicle dealership buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Culver City Toyota's ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 68 across the 122 that report a score; it scores higher than 42% of them and lower than 56%. Its site EUI of 34.1 kBtu/ft² is about 31% below the average of 49.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% below the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 93,243 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 89,700 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1982). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 318 vehicle dealership buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 57 and a site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Culver City Toyota's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Culver City Toyota, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2023 to 73 in 2024 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 35.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 34.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 237 tCO₂e to 207 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. Culver City Toyota's 34.1 kBtu/ft² across 93,243 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (932 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 913,117 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Culver City Toyota to report its energy use?

Culver City Toyota 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:27583909:2024). 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.