Pih Health, Whittwood Mob

How does Pih Health, Whittwood Mob compare with other medical office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 602 medical office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Pih Health, Whittwood Mob's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 63 across the 546 that report a score; it scores higher than 45% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 86.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 94.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 63,016 sq ft, it is about 38% below the average floor area of 100,847 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1958, 33 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Pih Health, Whittwood Mob's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Pih Health, Whittwood Mob, covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 64 in 2021 to 65 in 2024 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 86. Site EUI moved from 93.2 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 86.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 335 tCO₂e to 341 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Pih Health, Whittwood Mob's 86.3 kBtu/ft² across 63,016 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,594 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 952,909 kWh of electricity and 23,625 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Pih Health, Whittwood Mob to report its energy use?

Pih Health, Whittwood Mob 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:19493869:2024). 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.