Hoover Middle

How does Hoover Middle 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. Hoover Middle's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 78% of them and lower than 19%. Its site EUI of 17.1 kBtu/ft² is about half of 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 1.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 101,036 sq ft, it is about 22% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1955, 21 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 Hoover Middle's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Hoover Middle, covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 94 in 2021 to 95 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 19.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 17.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 124 tCO₂e to 108 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 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. Hoover Middle's 17.1 kBtu/ft² across 101,036 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (506 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 288,016 kWh of electricity and 8,084 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Hoover Middle to report its energy use?

Hoover Middle 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:23395107:2024). 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.