W001026-Palm Springs Ca

How does W001026-Palm Springs Ca compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 357 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. W001026-Palm Springs Ca's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 75 across the 326 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 37.4 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 78.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% below the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 132,908 sq ft, it is about 11% below the average floor area of 148,797 sq ft for those buildings. Its 2001 construction date is close to the group's average year built (2003). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has W001026-Palm Springs Ca's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for W001026-Palm Springs Ca, covering report years 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 21 in 2018 to 89 in 2024 (+68 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 91. Site EUI moved from 63.6 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 37.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 41% decrease. Reported emissions went from 570 tCO₂e to 343 tCO₂e over the same span (down 40%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. W001026-Palm Springs Ca's 37.4 kBtu/ft² across 132,908 sq ft works out to about 5 billion Btu (1,457 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,505,257 kWh of electricity and 365 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires W001026-Palm Springs Ca to report its energy use?

W001026-Palm Springs Ca 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:4815747:2024). 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.