Peabody Charter

How does Peabody Charter compare with other K-12 school buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 2,128 K-12 school buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Peabody Charter's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 44% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 24.4 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 25% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 63,566 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 48 years earlier than the group's average year built (1976). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has Peabody Charter's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Peabody Charter, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score was 77 in both 2022 and 2023. Site EUI moved from 25.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 24.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 96 tCO₂e to 93 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Peabody Charter's 24.4 kBtu/ft² across 63,566 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (455 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 247,603 kWh of electricity and 6,294 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Peabody Charter to report its energy use?

Peabody Charter 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:18753935:2023). 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.