Art Center College Of Design - 950 S.Raymond Ave

How does Art Center College Of Design - 950 S.Raymond Ave compare with other college/university buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 497 college/university buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 37.3 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 79.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 105,200 sq ft, it is about 82% below the average floor area of 569,516 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1964, 4 years earlier than the group's average year built (1969). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,113 college/university buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 37.3 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Art Center College Of Design - 950 S.Raymond Ave's 37.3 kBtu/ft² across 105,200 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,150 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,123,889 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Art Center College Of Design - 950 S.Raymond Ave to report its energy use?

Art Center College Of Design - 950 S.Raymond Ave 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:55300392:2024). 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.