Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center

How does Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center compare with other hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 329 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center's ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 60% of them and lower than 38%. Its site EUI of 340.7 kBtu/ft² is about 43% above the average of 238.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 20.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 45% above the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 119,679 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1982, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1978). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 748 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 59 and a site EUI of 238.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 68 in 2018 to 78 in 2024 (+10 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 85. Site EUI moved from 345.9 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 340.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,044 tCO₂e to 2,452 tCO₂e over the same span (up 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 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. Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center's 340.7 kBtu/ft² across 119,679 sq ft works out to about 40.8 billion Btu (11,950 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 6,042,462 kWh of electricity and 204,094 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center to report its energy use?

Mhs | Orange Coast | Medical Center 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:6099912:2024). 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.