Meriwest Credit Union

How does Meriwest Credit Union compare with other financial office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 37 financial office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Meriwest Credit Union's ENERGY STAR score of 75 compares with an average of 73 across the 32 that report a score; it scores higher than 50% of them and lower than 47%. Its site EUI of 56.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 60.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,524 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 124,675 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1988, 6 years earlier than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Meriwest Credit Union's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Meriwest Credit Union, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 61 in 2018 to 75 in 2024 (+14 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 82. Site EUI moved from 56.9 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 56.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 0% increase. Reported emissions went from 260 tCO₂e to 245 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 means the building performs better than about 75% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 75 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. Meriwest Credit Union's 56.9 kBtu/ft² across 69,524 sq ft works out to about 4 billion Btu (1,159 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 738,917 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Meriwest Credit Union to report its energy use?

Meriwest Credit Union 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:6356985:2024). 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.