401 S FLOWER ST

How does 401 S FLOWER ST compare with other mixed use property buildings in Los Angeles?

The latest disclosures cover 88 mixed use property buildings in Los Angeles, out of 11,498 buildings citywide. 401 S FLOWER ST's ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 79 across the 20 that report a score; it scores higher than 5% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 78.3 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 38.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 86,000 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 125,193 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 14 years later than the group's average year built (1970). 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Los Angeles, 63% 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. 401 S FLOWER ST's 78.3 kBtu/ft² across 86,000 sq ft works out to about 6.7 billion Btu (1,973 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 245.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 6,819 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 401 S FLOWER ST to report its energy use?

401 S FLOWER ST reports under LA Municipal Code Div. 97, §91.9701 (EBEWE), the legal basis of Los Angeles's Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2017 disclosure (source record la:999000000069:2017). EBEWE requires annual benchmarking plus audits/retro-commissioning every five years for privately owned buildings of 20,000 sq ft or more; non-compliance carries a $202 fee (LAMC §91.9712) plus possible late fees.