7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802

How does 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802 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. 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802's ENERGY STAR score of 37 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 86.6 kBtu/ft² is about 152% 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 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 130% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,772 sq ft, it is about 56% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2007, 19 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 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 43 in 2023 to 37 in 2024 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 43. Site EUI moved from 83.2 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 86.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 4% increase. Reported emissions went from 329 tCO₂e to 318 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 37 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 37 means the building performs better than about 37% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 37 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 38 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. 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802's 86.6 kBtu/ft² across 65,772 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,669 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 610,890 kWh of electricity and 33,810 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802 to report its energy use?

7650 Highlands View Rd. - Ab802 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:34350221:2024). 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.