201 S Lake

How does 201 S Lake 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. 201 S Lake's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 78 across the 83 that report a score; it scores higher than 73% of them and lower than 23%. Its site EUI of 40.8 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 70.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% below the group average of 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 133,382 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 200,559 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1965, 19 years earlier 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 201 S Lake's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 201 S Lake, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2019 to 97 in 2020 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 53.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 40.8 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 458 tCO₂e to 332 tCO₂e over the same span (down 28%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 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. 201 S Lake's 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 133,382 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,595 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 1,152,152 kWh of electricity and 13,367 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 201 S Lake to report its energy use?

201 S Lake 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:3028501:2020). 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.