1549 Placentia Ave
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 1549 Placentia Avenue, Newport Beach · 92663
At a glance
1549 Placentia Ave is a 61,604-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1549 Placentia Avenue, Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California, built in 1973. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 85 out of 100 (grade A), a site energy-use intensity of 33.0 kBtu/ft² and 116 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 38% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 85 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 33.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 116 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 211,251 kWh |
| Natural gas | 12,795 therms |
| Gross floor area | 61,604 sq ft |
| Source record | california:8721715:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | 85 | +2 | 33.0 kBtu/ft² | 116 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 83 | +5 | 32.7 kBtu/ft² | 121 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 78 | +1 | 37.3 kBtu/ft² | 136 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 77 | -4 | 37.8 kBtu/ft² | 130 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 81 | -6 | 36.2 kBtu/ft² | 129 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 87 | 32.2 kBtu/ft² | 119 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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.
Ownership
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Location
- Address
- 1549 Placentia Avenue, Newport Beach
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92663
- Coordinates
- 33.63048, -117.93227
Within ~1 km
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How does 1549 Placentia Ave 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. 1549 Placentia Ave'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 33.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 61,604 sq ft, it is about 59% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1973, 15 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 1549 Placentia Ave's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 1549 Placentia Ave, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 87 in 2019 to 85 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 87. Site EUI moved from 32.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 33.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 119 tCO₂e to 116 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).
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. 1549 Placentia Ave's 33.0 kBtu/ft² across 61,604 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (596 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 211,251 kWh of electricity and 12,795 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 1549 Placentia Ave to report its energy use?
1549 Placentia Ave 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:8721715:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 1549 Placentia Ave's energy grade?
1549 Placentia Ave scores 85 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does 1549 Placentia Ave use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 33.0 kBtu/ft² across 61,604 sq ft, including 211,251 kWh of electricity and 12,795 therms of natural gas.
What are 1549 Placentia Ave's carbon emissions?
1549 Placentia Ave reported 116 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 1549 Placentia Ave?
1549 Placentia Ave is at 1549 Placentia Avenue, Newport Beach, in Newport Beach, California 92663. Its coordinates are 33.63048, -117.93227 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 1549 Placentia Ave and when was it built?
1549 Placentia Ave has 61,604 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1973 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 1549 Placentia Ave covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “1549 Placentia Ave, Newport Beach, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/1549-placentia-ave-1d665e4f (data as of July 9, 2026).