Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square

How does Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square 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. Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square's ENERGY STAR score of 70 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 26.7 kBtu/ft² is about 22% below 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,790 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 28 years later 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 Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square, covering report years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2019 to 70 in 2024 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 88. Site EUI moved from 23.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 26.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 13% increase. Reported emissions went from 91 tCO₂e to 97 tCO₂e over the same span (up 6%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 70 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 70 means the building performs better than about 70% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 70 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 5 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. Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square's 26.7 kBtu/ft² across 58,790 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (460 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 314,649 kWh of electricity and 4,774 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square to report its energy use?

Alma Point At Foster Square: 2994 Alma Point At Foster Square 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:6769230:2024). 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.