Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road

How does Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road compare with other multifamily housing buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 10,630 multifamily housing buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 15% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 43.4 kBtu/ft² is about 26% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 121,567 sq ft, it is about 19% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 8 years earlier than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 42 in 2019 to 61 in 2024 (+19 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 90. Site EUI moved from 49.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 43.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 384 tCO₂e to 341 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road's 43.4 kBtu/ft² across 121,567 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,546 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 871,084 kWh of electricity and 27,086 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road to report its energy use?

Harvard Plaza: 340 East Harvard Road 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:10909285:2024). 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.