Riverside Hospital Campus

How does Riverside Hospital Campus 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. Riverside Hospital Campus's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 68% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 180.5 kBtu/ft² is about 24% below the average of 238.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 735,956 sq ft, it is about 70% above the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 10 years later 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 Riverside Hospital Campus's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Riverside Hospital Campus, covering report years 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 67 in 2018 to 87 in 2024 (+20 points). Site EUI moved from 209.1 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 180.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 9,671 tCO₂e to 8,094 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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. Riverside Hospital Campus's 180.5 kBtu/ft² across 735,956 sq ft works out to about 132.8 billion Btu (38,932 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 20,384,506 kWh of electricity and 606,544 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Riverside Hospital Campus to report its energy use?

Riverside Hospital Campus 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:2551198:2024). 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.