Heritage Plaza
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 220 West Central Avenue, Brea · 92821
At a glance
Heritage Plaza is a 83,071-square-foot multifamily housing building at 220 West Central Avenue, Brea in Brea, California, built in 1980. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 93 out of 100 (grade A), a site energy-use intensity of 40.8 kBtu/ft² and 205 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 53% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 93 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 40.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 205 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 435,854 kWh |
| Natural gas | 19,922 therms |
| Gross floor area | 83,071 sq ft |
| Source record | california:8805227:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | 93 | +1 | 40.8 kBtu/ft² | 205 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 92 | -4 | 42.6 kBtu/ft² | 214 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 96 | +11 | 39.2 kBtu/ft² | 197 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 85 | -5 | 52.7 kBtu/ft² | 244 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 90 | +1 | 47.6 kBtu/ft² | 230 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 89 | 44.4 kBtu/ft² | 225 tCO₂e |
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
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Location
- Address
- 220 West Central Avenue, Brea
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92821
- Coordinates
- 33.93161, -117.89636
Within ~1 km
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How does Heritage Plaza 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. Heritage Plaza's ENERGY STAR score of 93 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 53% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 40.8 kBtu/ft² is about 19% 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 2.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 83,071 sq ft, it is about 45% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 8 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 Heritage Plaza's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Heritage Plaza, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 89 in 2019 to 93 in 2024 (+4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 96. Site EUI moved from 44.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 40.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 225 tCO₂e to 205 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 93 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 93 means the building performs better than about 93% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 93 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. Heritage Plaza's 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 83,071 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (993 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 435,854 kWh of electricity and 19,922 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Heritage Plaza to report its energy use?
Heritage Plaza 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:8805227:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Heritage Plaza's energy grade?
Heritage Plaza scores 93 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Heritage Plaza use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 40.8 kBtu/ft² across 83,071 sq ft, including 435,854 kWh of electricity and 19,922 therms of natural gas.
What are Heritage Plaza's carbon emissions?
Heritage Plaza reported 205 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Heritage Plaza?
Heritage Plaza is at 220 West Central Avenue, Brea, in Brea, California 92821. Its coordinates are 33.93161, -117.89636 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Heritage Plaza and when was it built?
Heritage Plaza has 83,071 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Heritage Plaza covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “Heritage Plaza, Brea, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/heritage-plaza-9a169bcb (data as of July 9, 2026).