Hidalgo Es

How does Hidalgo 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. Hidalgo Es's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 42.3 kBtu/ft² is about 22% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,264 sq ft, it is about half of 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 Hidalgo Es's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Hidalgo Es, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2023 to 71 in 2024 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 76. Site EUI moved from 37.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 42.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 14% increase. Reported emissions went from 158 tCO₂e to 177 tCO₂e over the same span (up 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. Hidalgo Es's 42.3 kBtu/ft² across 66,264 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (821 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 553,543 kWh of electricity and 9,635 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Hidalgo Es to report its energy use?

Hidalgo 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:34522524:2024). 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.