Belle Fontaine - 29629

How does Belle Fontaine - 29629 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. Belle Fontaine - 29629's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 45% of them and lower than 53%. Its site EUI of 40.3 kBtu/ft² is about 17% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 102,932 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 15 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 Belle Fontaine - 29629's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Belle Fontaine - 29629, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 83 in 2019 to 89 in 2024 (+6 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 89. Site EUI moved from 43.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 40.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 262 tCO₂e to 241 tCO₂e over the same span (down 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Belle Fontaine - 29629's 40.3 kBtu/ft² across 102,932 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,216 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 452,648 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Belle Fontaine - 29629 to report its energy use?

Belle Fontaine - 29629 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:5898526:2024). 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.