Regents Court

How does Regents Court 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. Regents Court's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 24.4 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 244,361 sq ft, it is about 62% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 13 years later 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 Regents Court's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Regents Court, covering report years 2019–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 81 in 2019 to 95 in 2023 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 27.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 24.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 376 tCO₂e to 368 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 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. Regents Court's 24.4 kBtu/ft² across 244,361 sq ft works out to about 6 billion Btu (1,747 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 855,209 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Regents Court to report its energy use?

Regents Court 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:6421978:2023). 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.