514 West 26Th Street (Ws287)

How does 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287) 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. 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287)'s ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 34%. 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 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,740 sq ft, it is about 56% below 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 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287), covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2020 to 97 in 2024 (+2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 98. Site EUI moved from 53.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 49.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 195 tCO₂e to 185 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

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. 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287)'s 49.9 kBtu/ft² across 65,740 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (961 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 281,763 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires 514 West 26Th Street (Ws287) to report its energy use?

514 West 26Th Street (Ws287) 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:17370442:2024). 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.