Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway

How does Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway compare with other distribution center buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 3,121 distribution center buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway's ENERGY STAR score of 15 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 67.3 kBtu/ft² is about 240% above the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 246% above the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 97,957 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1981, 13 years earlier than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway, covering report years 2018–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 18 in 2018 to 15 in 2022 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 21. Site EUI moved from 54.3 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 67.3 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 24% increase. Reported emissions went from 347 tCO₂e to 437 tCO₂e over the same span (up 26%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 15 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 15 means the building performs better than about 15% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 15 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 60 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. Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway's 67.3 kBtu/ft² across 97,957 sq ft works out to about 6.6 billion Btu (1,932 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 1,587,926 kWh of electricity and 12,355 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway to report its energy use?

Protein Simple Ca - San Jose - 3001 Orchard Parkway 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:6690186:2022). 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.