Palm Springs (0307)

How does Palm Springs (0307) 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. Palm Springs (0307)'s ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 46.6 kBtu/ft² is about 12% below 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 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 120,265 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 4 years earlier 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 Palm Springs (0307)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Palm Springs (0307), covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 78 in 2018 to 86 in 2024 (+8 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 86. Site EUI moved from 50.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 46.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 434 tCO₂e to 379 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. Palm Springs (0307)'s 46.6 kBtu/ft² across 120,265 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,642 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,532,358 kWh of electricity and 5,981 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Palm Springs (0307) to report its energy use?

Palm Springs (0307) 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:1547351:2024). 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.