Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks

How does Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks compare with other vehicle dealership buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 141 vehicle dealership buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 68 across the 122 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 21.0 kBtu/ft² is about 58% 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 1.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% below the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 64,743 sq ft, it is about 28% below the average floor area of 89,700 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 8 years earlier 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.

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. Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks's 21.0 kBtu/ft² across 64,743 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (398 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 383,859 kWh of electricity and 803 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks to report its energy use?

Mercedes-Benz Thousand Oaks 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:66049793:2024). 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.