Cottage Oaks
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 415 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara · 93105
At a glance
Cottage Oaks is a 40,000-square-foot multifamily housing building at 415 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, built in 1969. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 4.8 kBtu/ft² and 14 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 4.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 14 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 60,365 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 40,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:36235503:2023 |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
Own or manage this building? Claim it to correct the record and get compliance alerts.
Location
- Address
- 415 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 93105
- Coordinates
- 34.42683, -119.72104
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
- Pilgrim Terrace: Ptscore 76
Multifamily Housing · 62,000 sq ft
See also: most efficient in California · biggest emitters
How does Cottage Oaks 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. Its site EUI of 4.8 kBtu/ft² is about 86% 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 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 84% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 40,000 sq ft, it is about 73% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 19 years earlier 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.
What does a site EUI of 4.8 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Cottage Oaks's 4.8 kBtu/ft² across 40,000 sq ft works out to about 0.2 billion Btu (56 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 60,365 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Cottage Oaks to report its energy use?
Cottage Oaks 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:36235503:2023). 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.
More multifamily housing buildings in California
- 411 Kelton Ave· 39,342 sq ft · score 65 (C)
- 1771 N. Vermont #163 (Aka Hollymont Apartments)· 39,195 sq ft · score 20 (D)
- 3431 S La Brea Ave· 39,097 sq ft · score 74 (B)
- Pedregal_170 Averil Rd· 39,000 sq ft
- Olive Tree· 38,700 sq ft · score 86 (A)
- 3954 Ursula Ave· 38,581 sq ft · score 55 (C)
- Multifamily Housing buildings in California· 10,630 benchmarked
- All California benchmarked buildings· AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
- Most efficient large buildings in California
- Least efficient large buildings in California
- Biggest emitters in California
Frequently asked questions
What is Cottage Oaks's energy grade?
Cottage Oaks did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 4.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Cottage Oaks use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 4.8 kBtu/ft² across 40,000 sq ft, including 60,365 kWh of electricity.
What are Cottage Oaks's carbon emissions?
Cottage Oaks reported 14 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Cottage Oaks?
Cottage Oaks is at 415 West Padre Street, Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California 93105. Its coordinates are 34.42683, -119.72104 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Cottage Oaks and when was it built?
Cottage Oaks has 40,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1969 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Cottage Oaks covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
Working with California building benchmarking records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “Cottage Oaks, Santa Barbara, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/cottage-oaks-9200e3ce (data as of July 9, 2026).