Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34)

How does Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34) 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. Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34)'s ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 41.9 kBtu/ft² is about 22% above 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 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 15% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 135,320 sq ft, it is about 10% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 10 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 Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2019 to 74 in 2024 (+39 points). Site EUI moved from 59.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 41.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 29% decrease. Reported emissions went from 356 tCO₂e to 326 tCO₂e over the same span (down 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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. Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34)'s 41.9 kBtu/ft² across 135,320 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,662 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 701,717 kWh of electricity and 31,522 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34) to report its energy use?

Fountainglen At Rancho Santa Margarita (Fn34) 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:3943727:2024). 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.