2160/2190 Gold Street

How does 2160/2190 Gold Street compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2160/2190 Gold Street's ENERGY STAR score of 37 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 81.7 kBtu/ft² is about 45% above the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 42% above the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 127,124 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 14 years later than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 2160/2190 Gold Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 2160/2190 Gold Street, covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2020 to 37 in 2024 (-37 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 74. Site EUI moved from 61.4 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 81.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 33% increase. Reported emissions went from 243 tCO₂e to 650 tCO₂e over the same span (up 168%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 37 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 37 means the building performs better than about 37% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 37 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 38 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. 2160/2190 Gold Street's 81.7 kBtu/ft² across 127,124 sq ft works out to about 10.4 billion Btu (3,044 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,460,863 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 2160/2190 Gold Street to report its energy use?

2160/2190 Gold Street 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:6841535:2024). 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.