Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa

How does Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa compare with other retail store buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 1,742 retail store buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 76 across the 1,305 that report a score; it scores higher than 29% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft² is about 19% above the average of 53.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% above the group average of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 123,238 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 124,053 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1965, 26 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 53 in 2023 to 74 in 2024 (+21 points). Site EUI moved from 75.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 63.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 584 tCO₂e to 471 tCO₂e over the same span (down 19%).

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. Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa's 63.3 kBtu/ft² across 123,238 sq ft works out to about 7.8 billion Btu (2,286 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,277,000 kWh of electricity and 34,303 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa to report its energy use?

Village Center - 17900-17984 Magnolia Street, Fountain Valley, Ca, Usa 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:33626289:2024). 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.