Avila Senior Living
Senior Living Community in California, CA · 475 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo · 93401
At a glance
Avila Senior Living is a 69,000-square-foot senior living community building at 475 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California, built in 1980. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 100 out of 100 (grade A), a site energy-use intensity of 22.9 kBtu/ft² and 92 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 80% of the 517 scored senior living community buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 100 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 22.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 92 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 178,503 kWh |
| Natural gas | 9,746 therms |
| Gross floor area | 69,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:50716392:2024 |
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
- 475 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 93401
- Coordinates
- 35.27613, -120.66645
Within ~1 km
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How does Avila Senior Living 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. Avila Senior Living's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 81 across the 517 that report a score; it scores higher than 80% of them. Its site EUI of 22.9 kBtu/ft² is about 56% below the average of 51.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 58% below the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 69,000 sq ft, it is about 34% below the average floor area of 104,319 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 18 years earlier 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.
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. Avila Senior Living's 22.9 kBtu/ft² across 69,000 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (463 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 178,503 kWh of electricity and 9,746 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Avila Senior Living to report its energy use?
Avila Senior Living 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:50716392:2024). 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 Avila Senior Living's energy grade?
Avila Senior Living scores 100 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Avila Senior Living use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 22.9 kBtu/ft² across 69,000 sq ft, including 178,503 kWh of electricity and 9,746 therms of natural gas.
What are Avila Senior Living's carbon emissions?
Avila Senior Living reported 92 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Avila Senior Living?
Avila Senior Living is at 475 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo, in San Luis Obispo, California 93401. Its coordinates are 35.27613, -120.66645 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Avila Senior Living and when was it built?
Avila Senior Living has 69,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as senior living community.
Is Avila Senior Living 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, “Avila Senior Living, San Luis Obispo, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/avila-senior-living-b3e63d75 (data as of July 9, 2026).