Park West #800

How does Park West #800 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 West #800's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 47% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 22.3 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 200,404 sq ft, it is about 33% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 16 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 West #800's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Park West #800, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 92 in 2019 to 90 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 95. Site EUI moved from 24.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 22.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 287 tCO₂e to 267 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Park West #800's 22.3 kBtu/ft² across 200,404 sq ft works out to about 4.5 billion Btu (1,310 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 574,841 kWh of electricity and 25,766 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Park West #800 to report its energy use?

Park West #800 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:6793811:2024). 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.