Granvida Carpinteria

How does Granvida Carpinteria compare with other senior living community buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 542 senior living community buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Granvida Carpinteria's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 81 across the 517 that report a score; it scores higher than 80% of them. Its site EUI of 51.1 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 51.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,539 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 104,319 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1986, 12 years earlier than the group's average year built (1998). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has Granvida Carpinteria's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Granvida Carpinteria, covering report years 2019–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score was 100 in both 2019 and 2020. Site EUI moved from 53.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 51.1 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 167 tCO₂e to 152 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

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. Granvida Carpinteria's 51.1 kBtu/ft² across 51,539 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (772 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 473,083 kWh of electricity and 10,170 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Granvida Carpinteria to report its energy use?

Granvida Carpinteria 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:11933753:2020). 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.