Casa Aldea Carlsbad

How does Casa Aldea Carlsbad 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. Casa Aldea Carlsbad's ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 49%. Its site EUI of 23.4 kBtu/ft² is about 32% below 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 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 139,495 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2021, 33 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 Casa Aldea Carlsbad's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Casa Aldea Carlsbad, covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 68 in 2020 to 91 in 2024 (+23 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 91. Site EUI moved from 37.4 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 23.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 37% decrease. Reported emissions went from 212 tCO₂e to 206 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 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. Casa Aldea Carlsbad's 23.4 kBtu/ft² across 139,495 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (957 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 475,535 kWh of electricity and 18,419 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Casa Aldea Carlsbad to report its energy use?

Casa Aldea Carlsbad 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:16085716:2024). 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.