8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School)

How does 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School) compare with other K-12 school buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 2,128 K-12 school buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School)'s ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 16.0 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 65% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 52,908 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 8 years earlier than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School), covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 99 in 2023 to 98 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 99. Site EUI moved from 15.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 16.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 36 tCO₂e to 37 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 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. 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School)'s 16.0 kBtu/ft² across 52,908 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (248 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 141,496 kWh of electricity and 906 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School) to report its energy use?

8778 El Lago (Harry C Fulton Middle School) 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:34663691:2024). 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.