Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace

How does Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace 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. Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace's ENERGY STAR score of 48 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 9% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 75.2 kBtu/ft² is about twice 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 74,234 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 17 years later 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 Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 33 in 2019 to 48 in 2024 (+15 points). Site EUI moved from 78.7 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 75.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 337 tCO₂e to 302 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 48 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 48 means the building performs better than about 48% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 48 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 27 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace's 75.2 kBtu/ft² across 74,234 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,636 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 494,003 kWh of electricity and 35,870 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace to report its energy use?

Monte Vista Terrace: 2355 Monte Vista Terrace 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:6694379:2024). 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.