Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802)

How does Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802) compare with other courthouse buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 114 courthouse buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802)'s ENERGY STAR score of 46 compares with an average of 61 across the 93 that report a score; it scores higher than 16% of them and lower than 81%. Its site EUI of 55.6 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 76.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 23% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,397 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 184,912 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 14 years earlier than the group's average year built (1982). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 178 courthouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 62 and a site EUI of 76.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802), covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2020 to 46 in 2023 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 63. Site EUI moved from 44.3 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 55.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 26% increase. Reported emissions went from 178 tCO₂e to 248 tCO₂e over the same span (up 40%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 46 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 46 means the building performs better than about 46% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 46 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 29 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. Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802)'s 55.6 kBtu/ft² across 69,397 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,131 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 706,440 kWh of electricity and 14,478 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802) to report its energy use?

Malibu Administrative Center And Courthouse (Ab 802) 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:18220308:2023). 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.