Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue)

How does Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue) compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue)'s ENERGY STAR score of 78 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 39% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 50.2 kBtu/ft² is about 11% below the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 81,046 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1984 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue), covering report years 2018–2019. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 2 in 2018 to 78 in 2019 (+76 points). Site EUI moved from 338.4 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 50.2 kBtu/ft² (2019), a 85% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,504 tCO₂e to 263 tCO₂e over the same span (down 83%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 78 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 78 means the building performs better than about 78% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 78 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue)'s 50.2 kBtu/ft² across 81,046 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,192 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 818,130 kWh of electricity and 12,483 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue) to report its energy use?

Montague Pointe - Cp0902 (2840 Junction Avenue) 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:4818232:2019). 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.