Avenida Espana Gardens

How does Avenida Espana Gardens 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. Avenida Espana Gardens's ENERGY STAR score of 88 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 55%. Its site EUI of 38.6 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 68,904 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 5 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 Avenida Espana Gardens's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Avenida Espana Gardens, covering report years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 61 in 2019 to 88 in 2024 (+27 points). Site EUI moved from 43.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 38.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 12% decrease. Reported emissions went from 184 tCO₂e to 143 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 88 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 88 means the building performs better than about 88% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 88 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. Avenida Espana Gardens's 38.6 kBtu/ft² across 68,904 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (779 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 285,842 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Avenida Espana Gardens to report its energy use?

Avenida Espana Gardens 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:6837385:2024). 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.