Rowell Es

How does Rowell Es 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. Rowell Es's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 28% of them and lower than 70%. Its site EUI of 65.6 kBtu/ft² is about 90% above the average of 34.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 59,637 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 24 years later 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 Rowell Es's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Rowell Es, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 71 in 2023 to 65 in 2024 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 71. Reported emissions went from 154 tCO₂e to 167 tCO₂e over the same span (up 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. Rowell Es's 65.6 kBtu/ft² across 59,637 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,147 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 462,534 kWh of electricity and 11,799 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Rowell Es to report its energy use?

Rowell Es 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:34522559:2024). 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.