Breezewood

How does Breezewood 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. Breezewood's ENERGY STAR score of 47 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 37.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 119,236 sq ft, it is about 21% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 19 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 Breezewood's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Breezewood, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2022 to 47 in 2024 (-27 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 74. Site EUI moved from 54.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 37.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 32% decrease. Reported emissions went from 377 tCO₂e to 294 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 47 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 47 means the building performs better than about 47% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 47 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 28 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. Breezewood's 37.2 kBtu/ft² across 119,236 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,300 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,288,254 kWh of electricity and 382 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Breezewood to report its energy use?

Breezewood 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:28416070:2024). 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.