396 - Vintage Court Senior
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 2499 Decoto Road, Union City · 94587
At a glance
396 - Vintage Court Senior is a 71,446-square-foot multifamily housing building at 2499 Decoto Road, Union City in Union City, California, built in 1998. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 30 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 77.7 kBtu/ft² and 313 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 5% 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 | 30 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 77.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 313 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 452,233 kWh |
| Natural gas | 39,624 therms |
| Gross floor area | 71,446 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6803711:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | 30 | -1 | 77.7 kBtu/ft² | 313 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 31 | ±0 | 79.0 kBtu/ft² | 332 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 31 | -7 | 78.5 kBtu/ft² | 326 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 38 | +3 | 76.7 kBtu/ft² | 303 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 35 | +32 | 78.2 kBtu/ft² | 306 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 3 | 132.6 kBtu/ft² | 508 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
- 2499 Decoto Road, Union City
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94587
- Coordinates
- 37.58450, -122.02308
Within ~1 km
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How does 396 - Vintage Court Senior 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. 396 - Vintage Court Senior's ENERGY STAR score of 30 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 5% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 77.7 kBtu/ft² is about 126% 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 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 71,446 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 10 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 396 - Vintage Court Senior's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 396 - Vintage Court Senior, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 3 in 2019 to 30 in 2024 (+27 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 38. Site EUI moved from 132.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 77.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 41% decrease. Reported emissions went from 508 tCO₂e to 313 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 30 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 30 means the building performs better than about 30% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 30 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 45 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. 396 - Vintage Court Senior's 77.7 kBtu/ft² across 71,446 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,627 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 452,233 kWh of electricity and 39,624 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 396 - Vintage Court Senior to report its energy use?
396 - Vintage Court Senior 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:6803711:2024). 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 396 - Vintage Court Senior's energy grade?
396 - Vintage Court Senior scores 30 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does 396 - Vintage Court Senior use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 77.7 kBtu/ft² across 71,446 sq ft, including 452,233 kWh of electricity and 39,624 therms of natural gas.
What are 396 - Vintage Court Senior's carbon emissions?
396 - Vintage Court Senior reported 313 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 396 - Vintage Court Senior?
396 - Vintage Court Senior is at 2499 Decoto Road, Union City, in Union City, California 94587. Its coordinates are 37.58450, -122.02308 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 396 - Vintage Court Senior and when was it built?
396 - Vintage Court Senior has 71,446 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1998 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 396 - Vintage Court Senior 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, “396 - Vintage Court Senior, Union City, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/396-vintage-court-senior-76c011db (data as of July 9, 2026).