Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A

How does Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A 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. Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 89% of them and lower than 7%. Its site EUI of 2.9 kBtu/ft² is about 85% 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 0.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 85% below the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 274,474 sq ft, it is about 15% above 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 Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 3 in 2018 to 99 in 2024 (+96 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 100. Site EUI moved from 57.4 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 2.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 95% decrease. Reported emissions went from 896 tCO₂e to 52 tCO₂e over the same span (down 94%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A's 2.9 kBtu/ft² across 274,474 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (233 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 229,271 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A to report its energy use?

Grand Avenue Distribution Center-A 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:3928958:2024). 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.