Emerson Parkside Academy

How does Emerson Parkside Academy 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. Emerson Parkside Academy's ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 24.7 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 58,293 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1934, 42 years earlier 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 Emerson Parkside Academy's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Emerson Parkside Academy, covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 78 in 2021 to 58 in 2024 (-20 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 79. Site EUI moved from 25.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 24.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 96 tCO₂e to 94 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. Emerson Parkside Academy's 24.7 kBtu/ft² across 58,293 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (422 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 393,372 kWh of electricity and 1,004 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Emerson Parkside Academy to report its energy use?

Emerson Parkside Academy 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:23395097:2024). 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.