Dixon Vaughn

How does Dixon Vaughn 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. Dixon Vaughn's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 13.2 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 463,671 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 4 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 Dixon Vaughn's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Dixon Vaughn, covering report years 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2022 to 82 in 2024 (+16 points). Site EUI moved from 15.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 13.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 452 tCO₂e to 351 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Dixon Vaughn's 13.2 kBtu/ft² across 463,671 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,794 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,099,721 kWh of electricity and 19,135 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Dixon Vaughn to report its energy use?

Dixon Vaughn 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:6633873:2024). 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.