975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802

How does 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802 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. 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 32.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 54,746 sq ft, it is about 64% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 88 years earlier than 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 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 55 in 2022 to 53 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 55. Site EUI moved from 31.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 32.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 109 tCO₂e to 111 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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. 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802's 32.1 kBtu/ft² across 54,746 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (515 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 255,523 kWh of electricity and 9,272 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802 to report its energy use?

975 Hancock Avenue - Ab802 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:33002849:2023). 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.