160 East Parkdale Drive

How does 160 East Parkdale Drive compare with other multifamily housing buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 10,630 multifamily housing buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 160 East Parkdale Drive's ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 49.9 kBtu/ft² is about 45% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 47% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 73,864 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1986 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 160 East Parkdale Drive's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 160 East Parkdale Drive, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2022 to 36 in 2024 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 36. Site EUI moved from 48.4 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 49.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 226 tCO₂e to 228 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. 160 East Parkdale Drive's 49.9 kBtu/ft² across 73,864 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,080 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 593,012 kWh of electricity and 17,613 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 160 East Parkdale Drive to report its energy use?

160 East Parkdale Drive 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:19835556:2024). 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.