Burbank Senior Artist Colony

How does Burbank Senior Artist Colony 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. Burbank Senior Artist Colony's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 51.0 kBtu/ft² is about 48% 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 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 47% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 94,404 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 17 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 Burbank Senior Artist Colony's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Burbank Senior Artist Colony, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2020 to 43 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 47. Site EUI moved from 51.2 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 51.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 0% decrease. Reported emissions went from 289 tCO₂e to 291 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. Burbank Senior Artist Colony's 51.0 kBtu/ft² across 94,404 sq ft works out to about 4.8 billion Btu (1,411 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 749,746 kWh of electricity and 22,819 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Burbank Senior Artist Colony to report its energy use?

Burbank Senior Artist Colony 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:6260307:2024). 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.