Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes
Multifamily Housing in Atlanta, GA
At a glance
Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes is a 200,850-square-foot multifamily housing building in Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1988. In its 2021 Atlanta benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 68 out of 100 (grade C) and a site energy-use intensity of 32.9 kBtu/ft². That score is higher than 32% of the 290 scored multifamily housing buildings in Atlanta.
Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO) · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 68 (band C) |
| Site EUI | 32.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 200,850 sq ft |
| Source record | atlanta:135078:2021 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021latest | 68 | -6 | 32.9 kBtu/ft² | — |
| 2020 | 74 | 33.2 kBtu/ft² | — |
Compliance context
Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO)
Atlanta's CBEEO requires benchmarking and periodic energy audits for commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft, with fines for non-compliance.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- City
- Atlanta
- State
- Georgia
- Coordinates
- 33.78098, -84.36603
Within ~1 km
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How does Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Atlanta?
The latest disclosures cover 311 multifamily housing buildings in Atlanta, out of 660 buildings citywide. Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes's ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 74 across the 290 that report a score; it scores higher than 32% of them and lower than 66%. Its site EUI of 32.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 35.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 200,850 sq ft, it is about 23% below the average floor area of 261,994 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1988, 4 years earlier than the group's average year built (1992). 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 Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 Atlanta disclosures for Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes, covering report years 2020–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2020 to 68 in 2021 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 74. Site EUI moved from 33.2 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 32.9 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 1% decrease.
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Atlanta, 58% 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. Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes's 32.9 kBtu/ft² across 200,850 sq ft works out to about 6.6 billion Btu (1,937 MWh-equivalent) in 2021.
Which law requires Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes to report its energy use?
Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes reports under the Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO), the legal basis of Atlanta's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2021 disclosure (source record atlanta:135078:2021). Atlanta's CBEEO requires benchmarking and periodic energy audits for commercial buildings over 25,000 sq ft, with fines for non-compliance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes's energy grade?
Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes scores 68 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band C, below median (55–69) — in its 2021 Atlanta disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 32.9 kBtu/ft² across 200,850 sq ft.
What are Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2021.
Where is Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes?
Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes is in Atlanta, Georgia. Its coordinates are 33.78098, -84.36603 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes and when was it built?
Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes has 200,850 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1988 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes covered by the Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO)?
Yes — it appears in the 2021 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance (CBEEO)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Virginia Highlands Apartment Homes, Atlanta, Georgia — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/atlanta/virginia-highlands-apartment-homes-de660a55 (data as of July 9, 2026).