Huntington Beach East (2051)

How does Huntington Beach East (2051) compare with other retail store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,742 retail store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Huntington Beach East (2051)'s ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 74% of them and lower than 21%. Its site EUI of 49.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 53.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 130,077 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 14 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Huntington Beach East (2051)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Huntington Beach East (2051), covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2018 to 98 in 2024 (+22 points). Site EUI moved from 59.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 49.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 529 tCO₂e to 424 tCO₂e over the same span (down 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. Huntington Beach East (2051)'s 49.3 kBtu/ft² across 130,077 sq ft works out to about 6.4 billion Btu (1,879 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 930,152 kWh of electricity and 10,966 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Huntington Beach East (2051) to report its energy use?

Huntington Beach East (2051) 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:1548237:2024). 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.