Ansel Adams Elementary

How does Ansel Adams Elementary 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. Ansel Adams Elementary's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 32.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,376 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 25 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.

How has Ansel Adams Elementary's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Ansel Adams Elementary, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2022 to 77 in 2024 (+5 points). Site EUI moved from 35.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 32.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 136 tCO₂e to 122 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Ansel Adams Elementary's 32.0 kBtu/ft² across 60,376 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (566 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 400,559 kWh of electricity and 5,845 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Ansel Adams Elementary to report its energy use?

Ansel Adams Elementary 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:27490268:2024). 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.