Fremont Es

How does Fremont Es 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. Fremont Es's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 50%. Its site EUI of 37.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,397 sq ft, it is about 61% 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 Fremont Es's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Fremont Es, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 85 in 2023 to 80 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 85. Site EUI moved from 33.6 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 37.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 118 tCO₂e to 127 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Fremont Es's 37.2 kBtu/ft² across 50,397 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (549 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 516,678 kWh of electricity and 1,807 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Fremont Es to report its energy use?

Fremont Es 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:34522514:2024). 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.