Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard

How does Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard 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. Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard's ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 83%. 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 3.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 50% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 126,200 sq ft, it is about 16% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1975, 13 years earlier 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 Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2019 to 64 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 81. Site EUI moved from 50.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 49.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 394 tCO₂e to 397 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard's 49.6 kBtu/ft² across 126,200 sq ft works out to about 6.3 billion Btu (1,834 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 804,504 kWh of electricity and 40,370 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard to report its energy use?

Pacific Manor: 609 North Glenoaks Boulevard 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:10908017:2024). 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.