Almaden Lake Village

How does Almaden Lake Village 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. Almaden Lake Village'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 33.4 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 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 283,291 sq ft, it is about 88% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 11 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 Almaden Lake Village's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Almaden Lake Village, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 61 in 2019 to 82 in 2024 (+21 points). Site EUI moved from 36.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 33.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 621 tCO₂e to 554 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

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. Almaden Lake Village's 33.4 kBtu/ft² across 283,291 sq ft works out to about 9.5 billion Btu (2,773 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,446,439 kWh of electricity and 42,617 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Almaden Lake Village to report its energy use?

Almaden Lake Village 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:6469494:2024). 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.