Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex

How does Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex 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. Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex's ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 62.0 kBtu/ft² is about 79% above the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 28,604 sq ft, it is about 78% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 9 years later 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.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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. Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex's 62.0 kBtu/ft² across 28,604 sq ft works out to about 1.8 billion Btu (520 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 519,818 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex to report its energy use?

Alliance Gertz-Ressler Richard Merkin 6-12 Complex 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:36582946:2023). 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.