Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way

How does Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way 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. Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way's ENERGY STAR score of 73 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 25% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 67.3 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 172% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,897 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1990 construction date is close to 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 Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way, covering report years 2020–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 85 in 2020 to 73 in 2024 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 85. Site EUI moved from 52.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 67.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 28% increase. Reported emissions went from 396 tCO₂e to 359 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 73 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 73 means the building performs better than about 73% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 73 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 2 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. Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way's 67.3 kBtu/ft² across 62,897 sq ft works out to about 4.2 billion Btu (1,241 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 741,368 kWh of electricity and 18,244 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way to report its energy use?

Fairstead - Villa Mirage: 34160 Rebecca Way 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:10888286:2024). 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.