Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 1556 Palos Verdes Drive North, Los Angeles · 90710
At a glance
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village is a 92,768-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1556 Palos Verdes Drive North, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 2015. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 68 out of 100 (grade C), a site energy-use intensity of 31.8 kBtu/ft² and 184 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 20% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 68 (band C) |
| Site EUI | 31.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 184 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 507,245 kWh |
| Natural gas | 12,274 therms |
| Gross floor area | 92,768 sq ft |
| Source record | california:5041620:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | 68 | +11 | 31.8 kBtu/ft² | 184 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 57 | +53 | 33.0 kBtu/ft² | 192 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 4 | 34.7 kBtu/ft² | 195 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
- 1556 Palos Verdes Drive North, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90710
- Coordinates
- 33.77716, -118.30128
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
No other benchmarked buildings within ~1 km.
See also: most efficient in California · biggest emitters
How does Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly 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. Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village's ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 79%. Its site EUI of 31.8 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 92,768 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 27 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 Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village, covering report years 2020–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 4 in 2020 to 68 in 2022 (+64 points). Site EUI moved from 34.7 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 31.8 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 195 tCO₂e to 184 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 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. Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village's 31.8 kBtu/ft² across 92,768 sq ft works out to about 3 billion Btu (865 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 507,245 kWh of electricity and 12,274 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village to report its energy use?
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:5041620:2022). 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 Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village's energy grade?
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village scores 68 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band C, below median (55–69) — in its 2022 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 31.8 kBtu/ft² across 92,768 sq ft, including 507,245 kWh of electricity and 12,274 therms of natural gas.
What are Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village's carbon emissions?
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village reported 184 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village?
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village is at 1556 Palos Verdes Drive North, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90710. Its coordinates are 33.77716, -118.30128 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village and when was it built?
Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village has 92,768 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2015 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “Ca - Blue Butterfly Village: Blue Butterfly Village, Los Angeles, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/ca-blue-butterfly-village-blue-butterfly-village-7eafcb3c (data as of July 9, 2026).