850 San Clemente Dr

How does 850 San Clemente Dr compare with other senior living community buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 542 senior living community buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 850 San Clemente Dr's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 81 across the 517 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 38%. Its site EUI of 53.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.6 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 180,863 sq ft, it is about 73% above the average floor area of 104,319 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2022, 24 years later than the group's average year built (1998). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has 850 San Clemente Dr's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 850 San Clemente Dr, covering report years 2022–2024. Site EUI moved from 30.5 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 53.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 74% increase. Reported emissions went from 347 tCO₂e to 598 tCO₂e over the same span (up 72%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 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. 850 San Clemente Dr's 53.2 kBtu/ft² across 180,863 sq ft works out to about 9.6 billion Btu (2,820 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,870,078 kWh of electricity and 32,885 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 850 San Clemente Dr to report its energy use?

850 San Clemente Dr 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:24723177:2024). 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.