Holmes Elementary

How does Holmes 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. Holmes Elementary's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 24.1 kBtu/ft² is about 30% 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 54,892 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1952, 24 years earlier 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 Holmes Elementary's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Holmes Elementary, covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 78 in 2021 to 65 in 2024 (-13 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 78. Site EUI moved from 25.0 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 24.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 87 tCO₂e to 85 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. Holmes Elementary's 24.1 kBtu/ft² across 54,892 sq ft works out to about 1.3 billion Btu (388 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 334,458 kWh of electricity and 1,796 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Holmes Elementary to report its energy use?

Holmes 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:23395106:2024). 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.