San Luis Obispo High School

How does San Luis Obispo High School 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. San Luis Obispo High School's ENERGY STAR score of 29 compares with an average of 74 across the 2,016 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 65.7 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 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 235,000 sq ft, it is about 82% above the average floor area of 129,123 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 38 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 San Luis Obispo High School's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for San Luis Obispo High School, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 51 in 2022 to 29 in 2024 (-22 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 51. Site EUI moved from 54.0 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 65.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 22% increase. Reported emissions went from 692 tCO₂e to 761 tCO₂e over the same span (up 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 29 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 29 means the building performs better than about 29% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 29 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 46 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. San Luis Obispo High School's 65.7 kBtu/ft² across 235,000 sq ft works out to about 15.4 billion Btu (4,525 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,301,325 kWh of electricity and 87,705 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires San Luis Obispo High School to report its energy use?

San Luis Obispo High School 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:34048814:2024). 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.