Mission De La Casa

How does Mission De La Casa 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. Mission De La Casa's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 81 across the 517 that report a score; it scores higher than 54% of them and lower than 42%. Its site EUI of 100.9 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 51.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 84% above the group average of 3.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,200 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 104,319 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1965, 33 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 Mission De La Casa's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Mission De La Casa, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 93 in 2023 to 94 in 2024 (+1 points). Site EUI moved from 95.0 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 100.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 300 tCO₂e to 296 tCO₂e over the same span (down 2%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. Mission De La Casa's 100.9 kBtu/ft² across 50,200 sq ft works out to about 5.1 billion Btu (1,484 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 678,621 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires Mission De La Casa to report its energy use?

Mission De La Casa 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:11591324:2024). 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.