Melrose Village Plaza
Strip Mall in California, CA · 1601 South Melrose Drive, Vista · 92081
At a glance
Melrose Village Plaza is a 136,672-square-foot strip mall building at 1601 South Melrose Drive, Vista in Vista, California, built in 1990. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 98.4 kBtu/ft² and 837 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 98.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 837 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 2,775,291 kWh |
| Natural gas | 39,340 therms |
| Gross floor area | 136,672 sq ft |
| Source record | california:31561481:2024 |
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
- 1601 South Melrose Drive, Vista
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92081
- Coordinates
- 33.16595, -117.24740
Within ~1 km
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How does Melrose Village Plaza compare with other strip mall buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 937 strip mall buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 98.4 kBtu/ft² is about 31% above the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 30% above the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 136,672 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 98.4 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. Melrose Village Plaza's 98.4 kBtu/ft² across 136,672 sq ft works out to about 13.4 billion Btu (3,941 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,775,291 kWh of electricity and 39,340 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Melrose Village Plaza to report its energy use?
Melrose Village 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:31561481:2024). 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 Melrose Village Plaza's energy grade?
Melrose Village Plaza did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 98.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Melrose Village Plaza use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 98.4 kBtu/ft² across 136,672 sq ft, including 2,775,291 kWh of electricity and 39,340 therms of natural gas.
What are Melrose Village Plaza's carbon emissions?
Melrose Village Plaza reported 837 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.1 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Melrose Village Plaza?
Melrose Village Plaza is at 1601 South Melrose Drive, Vista, in Vista, California 92081. Its coordinates are 33.16595, -117.24740 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Melrose Village Plaza and when was it built?
Melrose Village Plaza has 136,672 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1990 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Melrose Village 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, “Melrose Village Plaza, Vista, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/melrose-village-plaza-918046fd (data as of July 9, 2026).