314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments

How does 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments 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. 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 34% of them and lower than 65%. Its site EUI of 31.5 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,240 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1991 construction date is close to 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 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments, covering report years 2019–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2019 to 82 in 2021 (+8 points). Site EUI moved from 34.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 31.5 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 110 tCO₂e to 96 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments's 31.5 kBtu/ft² across 53,240 sq ft works out to about 1.7 billion Btu (491 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 215,418 kWh of electricity and 9,680 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments to report its energy use?

314 S Virgil Ave - Virgil Plaza Apartments 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:6374320:2021). 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.