Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd

How does Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd 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 #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 86% of them and lower than 12%. Its site EUI of 110.9 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 164.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,441 sq ft, it is about 18% below the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1999 construction date is close to 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 #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd, covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 58 in 2020 to 90 in 2023 (+32 points). Site EUI moved from 174.3 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 110.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 36% decrease. Reported emissions went from 630 tCO₂e to 458 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 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. Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd's 110.9 kBtu/ft² across 62,441 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,029 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,361,720 kWh of electricity and 24,131 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd to report its energy use?

Store #480 - 4461 Balfour Rd 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:16903254:2023). 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.