Sandpiper Cove

How does Sandpiper Cove 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. Sandpiper Cove's ENERGY STAR score of 57 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 87%. Its site EUI of 45.2 kBtu/ft² is about 31% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 117,922 sq ft, it is about 22% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 26 years earlier than 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 Sandpiper Cove's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Sandpiper Cove, covering report years 2019, 2020, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2019 to 57 in 2024 (-17 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 77. Site EUI moved from 41.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 45.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 232 tCO₂e to 292 tCO₂e over the same span (up 26%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 57 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 57 means the building performs better than about 57% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 57 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 18 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. Sandpiper Cove's 45.2 kBtu/ft² across 117,922 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,562 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 851,642 kWh of electricity and 23,794 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sandpiper Cove to report its energy use?

Sandpiper Cove 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:11668570:2024). 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.