Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98)

How does Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98) 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. Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98)'s ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 48.2 kBtu/ft² is about 40% 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 236,720 sq ft, it is about 57% 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 Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98), covering report years 2019–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 51 in 2019 to 54 in 2023 (+3 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 66. Site EUI moved from 48.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 48.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 715 tCO₂e to 712 tCO₂e over the same span (down 0%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98)'s 48.2 kBtu/ft² across 236,720 sq ft works out to about 11.4 billion Btu (3,344 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,680,372 kWh of electricity and 57,511 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98) to report its energy use?

Parkplace At Fair Oaks (Pf98) 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:6391011:2023). 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.