Cameron Ridge (Cm107)

How does Cameron Ridge (Cm107) 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. Cameron Ridge (Cm107)'s ENERGY STAR score of 7 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 2% of them and lower than 98%. Its site EUI of 93.8 kBtu/ft² is about 173% 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 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 152% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 87,394 sq ft, it is about 42% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 5 years earlier 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 Cameron Ridge (Cm107)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Cameron Ridge (Cm107), covering report years 2019–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2019 to 7 in 2022 (-88 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 95. Site EUI moved from 22.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 93.8 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 324% increase. Reported emissions went from 134 tCO₂e to 467 tCO₂e over the same span (up 247%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 7 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 7 means the building performs better than about 7% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 7 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 68 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. Cameron Ridge (Cm107)'s 93.8 kBtu/ft² across 87,394 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,402 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 549,547 kWh of electricity and 63,658 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Cameron Ridge (Cm107) to report its energy use?

Cameron Ridge (Cm107) 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:6778527:2022). 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.