Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857

How does Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857 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. Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 33.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 473,058 sq ft, it is about 213% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1986 construction date is close to 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 Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 93 in 2019 to 84 in 2020 (-9 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 93. Site EUI moved from 31.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 33.2 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 885 tCO₂e to 917 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 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. Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857's 33.2 kBtu/ft² across 473,058 sq ft works out to about 15.7 billion Btu (4,603 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 2,103,556 kWh of electricity and 82,997 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857 to report its energy use?

Riva Terra I & Ii - 29857 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:6799800:2020). 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.