Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183]

How does Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183] compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183]'s ENERGY STAR score of 60 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 51.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 56.4 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 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,244 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 15 years later than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 60 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 60 means the building performs better than about 60% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 60 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 15 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. Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183]'s 51.2 kBtu/ft² across 62,244 sq ft works out to about 3.2 billion Btu (934 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 933,874 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183] to report its energy use?

Private (Misc), Scripps Technology Plaza, Scripps Technology Plaza [Brnd019183] 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:10836270:2022). 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.