Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh)

How does Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh) 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. Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh)'s ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 40% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 228.3 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 505,703 sq ft, it is about 17% above the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1955, 22 years earlier than 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh)'s 228.3 kBtu/ft² across 505,703 sq ft works out to about 115.5 billion Btu (33,836 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 16,779,898 kWh of electricity and 567,275 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh) to report its energy use?

Usc Arcadia Hospital (Arh) 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:53244392:2024). 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.