Gaston Ms

How does Gaston 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. Gaston Ms's ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 23% of them and lower than 76%. Its site EUI of 52.3 kBtu/ft² is about 51% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 64% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 119,051 sq ft, it is roughly in line with 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 Gaston Ms's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Gaston Ms, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 56 in 2023 to 59 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 55.9 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 52.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 420 tCO₂e to 391 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. Gaston Ms's 52.3 kBtu/ft² across 119,051 sq ft works out to about 6.2 billion Btu (1,825 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,323,891 kWh of electricity and 17,105 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Gaston Ms to report its energy use?

Gaston 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:34522518:2024). 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.