Sacramento, Ca

How does Sacramento, Ca compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 357 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Sacramento, Ca's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 75 across the 326 that report a score; it scores higher than 67% of them and lower than 30%. Its site EUI of 61.5 kBtu/ft² is about 21% below the average of 78.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 132,896 sq ft, it is about 11% below the average floor area of 148,797 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 12 years later than the group's average year built (2003). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has Sacramento, Ca's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Sacramento, Ca, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2018 to 94 in 2024 (+22 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 96. Site EUI moved from 90.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 61.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 32% decrease. Reported emissions went from 792 tCO₂e to 530 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. Sacramento, Ca's 61.5 kBtu/ft² across 132,896 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,395 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,620,613 kWh of electricity and 30,711 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sacramento, Ca to report its energy use?

Sacramento, Ca 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:6264489:2024). 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.