Russell Ranch Elementary

How does Russell Ranch Elementary 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. Russell Ranch Elementary's ENERGY STAR score of 72 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 33.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,532 sq ft, it is about 56% below the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 31 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 Russell Ranch Elementary's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Russell Ranch Elementary, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 73 in 2022 to 72 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 73. Site EUI moved from 31.7 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 33.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 123 tCO₂e to 125 tCO₂e over the same span (up 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 72 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 72 means the building performs better than about 72% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 72 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 3 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. Russell Ranch Elementary's 33.6 kBtu/ft² across 56,532 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (557 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 455,044 kWh of electricity and 4,080 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Russell Ranch Elementary to report its energy use?

Russell Ranch Elementary 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:27836279:2024). 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.