Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

How does Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center 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. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 66% of them and lower than 33%. Its site EUI of 217.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 13.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 460,160 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1975 construction date is close to 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 Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2022 to 84 in 2023 (-11 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 95. Site EUI moved from 158.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 217.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 38% increase. Reported emissions went from 4,771 tCO₂e to 6,201 tCO₂e over the same span (up 30%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center's 217.9 kBtu/ft² across 460,160 sq ft works out to about 100.3 billion Btu (29,386 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 14,669,383 kWh of electricity and 498,974 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center to report its energy use?

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:1186403:2023). 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.