Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd

How does Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 975 supermarket/grocery store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd's ENERGY STAR score of 39 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 229.4 kBtu/ft² is about 40% above the average of 164.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 14.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% above the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 52,218 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 12 years later than the group's average year built (1996). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd, covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2020 to 39 in 2023 (+4 points). Site EUI moved from 243.7 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 229.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 734 tCO₂e to 769 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 39 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 39 means the building performs better than about 39% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 39 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 36 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. Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd's 229.4 kBtu/ft² across 52,218 sq ft works out to about 12 billion Btu (3,511 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 2,405,332 kWh of electricity and 35,175 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd to report its energy use?

Store #103 - 1225 East Robertson Blvd 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:16903315:2023). 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.