Gardens On El Paseo
Parking in California, CA · 73545 & 73525 El Paseo, Palm Desert · 92260
At a glance
Gardens On El Paseo is a 213,120-square-foot parking building at 73545 & 73525 El Paseo, Palm Desert in Palm Desert, California, built in 1998. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 174.3 kBtu/ft² and 2,503 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 174.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 2,503 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 11.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 8,765,760 kWh |
| Natural gas | 85,281 therms |
| Gross floor area | 213,120 sq ft |
| Source record | california:26471012:2022 |
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.
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Location
- Address
- 73545 & 73525 El Paseo, Palm Desert
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92260
- Coordinates
- 33.71863, -116.38169
Within ~1 km
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- El Paseo Villagescore —
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How does Gardens On El Paseo compare with other parking buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 440 parking buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 174.3 kBtu/ft² is about 431% above the average of 32.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 457% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 213,120 sq ft, it is about 11% below the average floor area of 238,274 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 9 years later than the group's average year built (1990). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,071 parking buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 40.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 174.3 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. Gardens On El Paseo's 174.3 kBtu/ft² across 213,120 sq ft works out to about 37.1 billion Btu (10,887 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 8,765,760 kWh of electricity and 85,281 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Gardens On El Paseo to report its energy use?
Gardens On El Paseo 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:26471012:2022). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Gardens On El Paseo's energy grade?
Gardens On El Paseo did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 174.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Gardens On El Paseo use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 174.3 kBtu/ft² across 213,120 sq ft, including 8,765,760 kWh of electricity and 85,281 therms of natural gas.
What are Gardens On El Paseo's carbon emissions?
Gardens On El Paseo reported 2,503 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (11.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Gardens On El Paseo?
Gardens On El Paseo is at 73545 & 73525 El Paseo, Palm Desert, in Palm Desert, California 92260. Its coordinates are 33.71863, -116.38169 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Gardens On El Paseo and when was it built?
Gardens On El Paseo has 213,120 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1998 as its year built. It is classed as parking.
Is Gardens On El Paseo covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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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, “Gardens On El Paseo, Palm Desert, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/gardens-on-el-paseo-cfe7a554 (data as of July 9, 2026).