Manzanita Square

How does Manzanita Square compare with other residence hall/dormitory buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 85 residence hall/dormitory buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Manzanita Square's ENERGY STAR score of 87 compares with an average of 75 across the 77 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 44%. Its site EUI of 21.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 40.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% below the group average of 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 223,131 sq ft, it is about 40% above the average floor area of 158,860 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 31 years later than the group's average year built (1989). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 702 residence hall/dormitory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 70.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 87 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 87 means the building performs better than about 87% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 87 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. Manzanita Square's 21.8 kBtu/ft² across 223,131 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,426 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,485,409 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Manzanita Square to report its energy use?

Manzanita Square 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:54018292:2024). 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.