Cooper Ms

How does Cooper Ms compare with other K-12 school buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 2,128 K-12 school buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Cooper Ms's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 45.0 kBtu/ft² is about 30% above the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 84,703 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 24 years later than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Cooper Ms's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Cooper Ms, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2023 to 86 in 2024 (+17 points). Reported emissions went from 262 tCO₂e to 172 tCO₂e over the same span (down 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 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. Cooper Ms's 45.0 kBtu/ft² across 84,703 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,117 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 486,093 kWh of electricity and 11,724 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Cooper Ms to report its energy use?

Cooper Ms 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:34522500:2024). 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.