Store #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave

How does Store #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave 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 #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 74 across the 866 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 138.5 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 9.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 10.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,439 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 76,560 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1975, 21 years earlier 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 #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Store #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave, covering report years 2020–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2020 to 74 in 2022 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 74. Site EUI moved from 151.2 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 138.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 460 tCO₂e to 470 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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 #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave's 138.5 kBtu/ft² across 51,439 sq ft works out to about 7.1 billion Btu (2,088 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 1,648,912 kWh of electricity and 15,872 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Store #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave to report its energy use?

Store #762 - 6109 Meridian Ave 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:16903322:2022). 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.