Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024

How does Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024 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. Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 76% of them. Its site EUI of 31.3 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 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 10% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,796 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 5 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.

How has Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2023 to 100 in 2024 (+28 points). Site EUI moved from 34.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 31.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 109 tCO₂e to 98 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

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. Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024's 31.3 kBtu/ft² across 51,796 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (475 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 180,886 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024 to report its energy use?

Diamond Head Apartments - 664 Veteran Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90024 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:25559870:2024). 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.