Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford
Other - Lodging/Residential in California, CA · 520 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto · 94304
At a glance
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford is a 64,625-square-foot other - lodging/residential building at 520 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California, built in 2016. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 33.7 kBtu/ft² and 133 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 33.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 133 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 398,383 kWh |
| Natural gas | 7,978 therms |
| Gross floor area | 64,625 sq ft |
| Source record | california:34641892:2024 |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 520 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94304
- Coordinates
- 37.44358, -122.17418
Within ~1 km
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How does Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford compare with other other - lodging/residential buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 26 other - lodging/residential buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.7 kBtu/ft² is about 20% below the average of 42.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% below the group average of 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 64,625 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 120,634 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2016, 42 years later than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 327 other - lodging/residential buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 75.4 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 33.7 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford's 33.7 kBtu/ft² across 64,625 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (638 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 398,383 kWh of electricity and 7,978 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford to report its energy use?
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford 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:34641892:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford's energy grade?
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 33.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 33.7 kBtu/ft² across 64,625 sq ft, including 398,383 kWh of electricity and 7,978 therms of natural gas.
What are Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford's carbon emissions?
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford reported 133 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford?
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford is at 520 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto, in Palo Alto, California 94304. Its coordinates are 37.44358, -122.17418 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford and when was it built?
Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford has 64,625 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2016 as its year built. It is classed as other - lodging/residential.
Is Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Ronald Mcdonald House At Stanford, Palo Alto, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/ronald-mcdonald-house-at-stanford-ab77e89a (data as of July 9, 2026).