R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street

How does R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street 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. R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street's ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 68% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 6.0 kBtu/ft² is about 70% below the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 72% below the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 201,946 sq ft, it is about 15% below the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1956, 38 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 R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street, covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2022 to 91 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 94. Site EUI moved from 7.2 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 6.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 80 tCO₂e to 74 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 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. R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street's 6.0 kBtu/ft² across 201,946 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (355 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 127,615 kWh of electricity and 8,563 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street to report its energy use?

R7Popl - 2201 Poplar Street 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:12892592:2024). 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.