Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 4020 Buckingham Road, Los Angeles · 90008
At a glance
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments is a 50,336-square-foot multifamily housing building at 4020 Buckingham Road, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 2012. In its 2020 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 49 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 36.9 kBtu/ft² and 114 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 9% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2020
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 49 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 36.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 114 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 345,820 kWh |
| Natural gas | 6,659 therms |
| Gross floor area | 50,336 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6732740:2020 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020latest | 49 | +3 | 36.9 kBtu/ft² | 114 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 46 | 37.9 kBtu/ft² | 118 tCO₂e |
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
- 4020 Buckingham Road, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90008
- Coordinates
- 34.01383, -118.34240
Within ~1 km
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How does Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments 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. Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 49 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 90%. Its site EUI of 36.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 2.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 50,336 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2012, 24 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 Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2019 to 49 in 2020 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 37.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 36.9 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 118 tCO₂e to 114 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 49 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 49 means the building performs better than about 49% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 49 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 26 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. Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments's 36.9 kBtu/ft² across 50,336 sq ft works out to about 1.9 billion Btu (544 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 345,820 kWh of electricity and 6,659 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments to report its energy use?
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:6732740:2020). 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 Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments's energy grade?
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments scores 49 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2020 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments use?
Its 2020 site energy-use intensity was 36.9 kBtu/ft² across 50,336 sq ft, including 345,820 kWh of electricity and 6,659 therms of natural gas.
What are Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments's carbon emissions?
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments reported 114 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2020.
Where is Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments?
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments is at 4020 Buckingham Road, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90008. Its coordinates are 34.01383, -118.34240 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments and when was it built?
Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments has 50,336 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2020 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2012 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2020 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, “Buckingham Senior Apartments: Buckingham Senior Apartments, Los Angeles, California — 2020 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/buckingham-senior-apartments-buckingham-senior-apartments-cd4de452 (data as of July 9, 2026).