Samoan Sea Apartments
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 661 North Harbor Boulevard, Los Angeles · 90731
At a glance
Samoan Sea Apartments is a 102,502-square-foot multifamily housing building at 661 North Harbor Boulevard, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 1972. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 74 out of 100 (grade B), a site energy-use intensity of 46.3 kBtu/ft² and 282 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 26% 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 | 74 (band B) |
| Site EUI | 46.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 282 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 526,538 kWh |
| Natural gas | 30,671 therms |
| Gross floor area | 102,502 sq ft |
| Source record | california:21022214:2024 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 661 North Harbor Boulevard, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90731
- Coordinates
- 33.74860, -118.28176
Within ~1 km
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How does Samoan Sea Apartments 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. Samoan Sea Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 26% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 46.3 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 102,502 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 16 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.
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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. Samoan Sea Apartments's 46.3 kBtu/ft² across 102,502 sq ft works out to about 4.7 billion Btu (1,391 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 526,538 kWh of electricity and 30,671 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Samoan Sea Apartments to report its energy use?
Samoan Sea Apartments 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:21022214:2024). 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 Samoan Sea Apartments's energy grade?
Samoan Sea Apartments scores 74 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band B, above median (70–84) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Samoan Sea Apartments use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 46.3 kBtu/ft² across 102,502 sq ft, including 526,538 kWh of electricity and 30,671 therms of natural gas.
What are Samoan Sea Apartments's carbon emissions?
Samoan Sea Apartments reported 282 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.8 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Samoan Sea Apartments?
Samoan Sea Apartments is at 661 North Harbor Boulevard, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90731. Its coordinates are 33.74860, -118.28176 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Samoan Sea Apartments and when was it built?
Samoan Sea Apartments has 102,502 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1972 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Samoan Sea Apartments 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, “Samoan Sea Apartments, Los Angeles, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/samoan-sea-apartments-7b89560e (data as of July 9, 2026).