Beach And Ocean

How does Beach And Ocean 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. Beach And Ocean's ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 29.3 kBtu/ft² is about 15% 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 13% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 165,585 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 26 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 Beach And Ocean's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Beach And Ocean, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 59 in both 2019 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 29.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 29.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 0% decrease. Reported emissions went from 302 tCO₂e to 303 tCO₂e over the same span (up 0%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. Beach And Ocean's 29.3 kBtu/ft² across 165,585 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,422 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 907,540 kWh of electricity and 18,276 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Beach And Ocean to report its energy use?

Beach And Ocean 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:6464796:2024). 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.