Valley Children'S Hospital

How does Valley Children'S Hospital 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. Valley Children'S Hospital's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 59 across the 300 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 238.2 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 14.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 14.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 854,385 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 432,386 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 21 years later 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.

How has Valley Children'S Hospital's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Valley Children'S Hospital, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2022 to 71 in 2024 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 213.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 238.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 11,079 tCO₂e to 12,113 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. Valley Children'S Hospital's 238.2 kBtu/ft² across 854,385 sq ft works out to about 203.5 billion Btu (59,644 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 28,315,882 kWh of electricity and 1,073,363 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Valley Children'S Hospital to report its energy use?

Valley Children'S Hospital 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:1031398:2024). 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.