Park Newport 6 - Gerson

How does Park Newport 6 - Gerson 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. Park Newport 6 - Gerson's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 43.8 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 182,000 sq ft, it is about 21% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 19 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 Park Newport 6 - Gerson's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Park Newport 6 - Gerson, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2019 to 74 in 2020 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 91. Site EUI moved from 37.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 43.8 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 16% increase. Reported emissions went from 401 tCO₂e to 459 tCO₂e over the same span (up 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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. Park Newport 6 - Gerson's 43.8 kBtu/ft² across 182,000 sq ft works out to about 8 billion Btu (2,336 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 1,124,047 kWh of electricity and 38,553 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Park Newport 6 - Gerson to report its energy use?

Park Newport 6 - Gerson 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:6880461:2020). 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.