Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040)

How does Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 10,630 multifamily housing buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040)'s ENERGY STAR score of 42 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 49.6 kBtu/ft² is about 44% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 43% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 78,520 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 12 years later than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040), covering report years 2019–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 75 in 2019 to 42 in 2023 (-33 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 75. Site EUI moved from 48.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 49.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 235 tCO₂e to 234 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 42 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 42 means the building performs better than about 42% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 42 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 33 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. Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040)'s 49.6 kBtu/ft² across 78,520 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,141 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 488,432 kWh of electricity and 21,723 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040) to report its energy use?

Oaks At Woodcreek (Ks040) 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:6833381:2023). 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.