Southern California Ii: Wilshire House

How does Southern California Ii: Wilshire House 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. Southern California Ii: Wilshire House's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 21.6 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 64,116 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1992, 4 years later 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 Southern California Ii: Wilshire House's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Southern California Ii: Wilshire House, covering report years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2020 to 85 in 2024 (+6 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 88. Site EUI moved from 24.9 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 21.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 97 tCO₂e to 88 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 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 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Southern California Ii: Wilshire House's 21.6 kBtu/ft² across 64,116 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (406 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 263,383 kWh of electricity and 5,395 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Southern California Ii: Wilshire House to report its energy use?

Southern California Ii: Wilshire House 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:5043795:2024). 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.