Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr)

How does Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr) compare with other mixed use property buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 294 mixed use property buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr)'s ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 78 across the 83 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 73.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 70.9 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 4.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 209,433 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 200,559 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 26 years later than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2019 to 64 in 2024 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 84. Site EUI moved from 57.0 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 73.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 28% increase. Reported emissions went from 820 tCO₂e to 935 tCO₂e over the same span (up 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr)'s 73.2 kBtu/ft² across 209,433 sq ft works out to about 15.3 billion Btu (4,493 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,689,793 kWh of electricity and 61,430 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr) to report its energy use?

Wilshire Beverly Center (245 N Beverly Dr) 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:8703700:2024). 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.