Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital

How does Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital 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. Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 271.0 kBtu/ft² is about 14% 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 15.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 90,000 sq ft, it is about 79% below the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 23 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 Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2022 to 79 in 2024 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 282.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 271.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,476 tCO₂e to 1,392 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 79 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 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 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. Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital's 271.0 kBtu/ft² across 90,000 sq ft works out to about 24.4 billion Btu (7,148 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,013,835 kWh of electricity and 176,280 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital to report its energy use?

Northbay Health | Northbay Vacavalley Hospital 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:28019483:2024). 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.