Queen Of The Valley Hospital

How does Queen Of The Valley 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. Queen Of The Valley Hospital's ENERGY STAR score of 34 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 29% of them and lower than 69%. Its site EUI of 403.2 kBtu/ft² is about 69% 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 23.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% above the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 225,670 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1960, 17 years earlier 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 Queen Of The Valley Hospital's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Queen Of The Valley Hospital, covering report years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2018 to 34 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 365.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 403.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 5,130 tCO₂e to 5,331 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 34 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 34 means the building performs better than about 34% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 34 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 41 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. Queen Of The Valley Hospital's 403.2 kBtu/ft² across 225,670 sq ft works out to about 91 billion Btu (26,667 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 11,750,249 kWh of electricity and 502,805 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Queen Of The Valley Hospital to report its energy use?

Queen Of The Valley 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:6879914:2024). 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.