Goldenrod Elementary

How does Goldenrod Elementary 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. Goldenrod Elementary's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 89% of them and lower than 7%. Its site EUI of 21.4 kBtu/ft² is about 38% 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 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 79,561 sq ft, it is about 38% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 35 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 Goldenrod Elementary's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Goldenrod Elementary, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2022 to 99 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 16.9 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 21.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 27% increase. Reported emissions went from 90 tCO₂e to 111 tCO₂e over the same span (up 24%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 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. Goldenrod Elementary's 21.4 kBtu/ft² across 79,561 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (499 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 304,923 kWh of electricity and 1,858 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Goldenrod Elementary to report its energy use?

Goldenrod Elementary 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:28276684:2024). 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.