777 E 3Rd St

How does 777 E 3Rd St 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. 777 E 3Rd St's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 37.9 kBtu/ft² is about 10% 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 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 113,008 sq ft, it is about 25% 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 777 E 3Rd St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 777 E 3Rd St, covering report years 2020–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2020 to 85 in 2021 (-13 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 98. Site EUI moved from 30.1 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 37.9 kBtu/ft² (2021), an 26% increase. Reported emissions went from 204 tCO₂e to 245 tCO₂e over the same span (up 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 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 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 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. 777 E 3Rd St's 37.9 kBtu/ft² across 113,008 sq ft works out to about 4.3 billion Btu (1,255 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 785,822 kWh of electricity and 15,550 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 777 E 3Rd St to report its energy use?

777 E 3Rd St 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:18205508:2021). 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.