5601 DE SOTO AVE

How does 5601 DE SOTO AVE compare with other hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in Los Angeles?

The latest disclosures cover 24 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings in Los Angeles, out of 11,498 buildings citywide. 5601 DE SOTO AVE's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 70 across the 20 that report a score; it scores higher than 55% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 181.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 183.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 860,309 sq ft, it is about 181% above the average floor area of 305,830 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1977). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 748 hospital (general medical & surgical) buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 59 and a site EUI of 238.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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 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. 5601 DE SOTO AVE's 181.0 kBtu/ft² across 860,309 sq ft works out to about 155.7 billion Btu (45,636 MWh-equivalent) in 2016. Its source EUI of 377.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 49,373 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5601 DE SOTO AVE to report its energy use?

5601 DE SOTO AVE 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 2016 disclosure (source record la:383226884923:2016). 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.