Valley Iron - Vacaville

How does Valley Iron - Vacaville compare with other non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 2,867 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Valley Iron - Vacaville's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 68 across the 2,227 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 2.3 kBtu/ft² is about 89% below the average of 21.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 90% below the group average of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 88,000 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 173,929 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 26 years later than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,723 non-refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 66 and a site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Valley Iron - Vacaville's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Valley Iron - Vacaville, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2019 to 96 in 2024 (+9 points). Site EUI moved from 3.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 2.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 41% decrease. Reported emissions went from 21 tCO₂e to 13 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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. Valley Iron - Vacaville's 2.3 kBtu/ft² across 88,000 sq ft works out to about 0.2 billion Btu (59 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 55,956 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Valley Iron - Vacaville to report its energy use?

Valley Iron - Vacaville 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:6343312:2024). 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.