Irvine North (1238)

How does Irvine North (1238) 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. Irvine North (1238)'s ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 59% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 50.4 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 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 125,213 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 8 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 Irvine North (1238)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Irvine North (1238), covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 80 in 2018 to 94 in 2024 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 53.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 50.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 481 tCO₂e to 311 tCO₂e over the same span (down 35%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. Irvine North (1238)'s 50.4 kBtu/ft² across 125,213 sq ft works out to about 6.3 billion Btu (1,849 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,294,430 kWh of electricity and 3,360 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Irvine North (1238) to report its energy use?

Irvine North (1238) 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:1547644:2024). 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.