Mission Viejo Freeway Center
Strip Mall in California, CA · 25732 El Paseo, Mission Viejo · 92691
At a glance
Mission Viejo Freeway Center is a 283,100-square-foot strip mall building at 25732 El Paseo, Mission Viejo in Mission Viejo, California, built in 1980. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 31.8 kBtu/ft² and 568 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 31.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 568 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 2,509,036 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 283,100 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6354143:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 31.8 kBtu/ft² | 568 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 10.2 kBtu/ft² | 205 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 32.5 kBtu/ft² | 654 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 35.8 kBtu/ft² | 714 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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 25732 El Paseo, Mission Viejo
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92691
- Coordinates
- 33.58720, -117.67328
Within ~1 km
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How does Mission Viejo Freeway Center 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 31.8 kBtu/ft² is about 58% below the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 57% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 283,100 sq ft, it is about 125% above the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 5 years earlier 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.
How has Mission Viejo Freeway Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Mission Viejo Freeway Center, covering report years 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024. Site EUI moved from 35.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 31.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 714 tCO₂e to 568 tCO₂e over the same span (down 20%).
What does a site EUI of 31.8 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. Mission Viejo Freeway Center's 31.8 kBtu/ft² across 283,100 sq ft works out to about 9 billion Btu (2,638 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,509,036 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Mission Viejo Freeway Center to report its energy use?
Mission Viejo Freeway Center 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:6354143:2024). 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 Mission Viejo Freeway Center's energy grade?
Mission Viejo Freeway Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 31.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Mission Viejo Freeway Center use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 31.8 kBtu/ft² across 283,100 sq ft, including 2,509,036 kWh of electricity.
What are Mission Viejo Freeway Center's carbon emissions?
Mission Viejo Freeway Center reported 568 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Mission Viejo Freeway Center?
Mission Viejo Freeway Center is at 25732 El Paseo, Mission Viejo, in Mission Viejo, California 92691. Its coordinates are 33.58720, -117.67328 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Mission Viejo Freeway Center and when was it built?
Mission Viejo Freeway Center has 283,100 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Mission Viejo Freeway Center 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, “Mission Viejo Freeway Center, Mission Viejo, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/mission-viejo-freeway-center-8813c8e2 (data as of July 9, 2026).