New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy)

How does New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy) 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. New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy)'s ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 46.8 kBtu/ft² is about 35% above the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 35% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 108,400 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 5 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 New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy), covering report years 2019–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2019 to 57 in 2022 (+24 points). Site EUI moved from 53.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 46.8 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 333 tCO₂e to 296 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 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. New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy)'s 46.8 kBtu/ft² across 108,400 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,487 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 380,446 kWh of electricity and 38,358 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy) to report its energy use?

New School/Sf International High (Former Intl Studies Academy) 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:3594362:2022). 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.