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Santa Ynez Gardens

Other in California, CA · 1810 California 154, Santa Ynez · 93460

At a glance

Santa Ynez Gardens is a 65,000-square-foot other building at 1810 California 154, Santa Ynez in Santa Ynez, California, built in 1978. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 44.4 kBtu/ft² and 191 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2024
Site EUI
44.4
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
191
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
2.9
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
65,000
sq ft
Year built
1978
vintage
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Location

AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI44.4 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions191 tCO₂e
GHG intensity2.9 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity61,102 kWh
Natural gas33,700 therms
Gross floor area65,000 sq ft
Source recordcalifornia:53166794:2024

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.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
1810 California 154, Santa Ynez
State
California
ZIP
93460
Coordinates
34.63784, -120.08286

Within ~1 km

Nearby benchmarked buildings

No other benchmarked buildings within ~1 km.

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How does Santa Ynez Gardens compare with other other buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 773 other buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 44.4 kBtu/ft² is about 24% below the average of 58.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 16% below the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,000 sq ft, it is about 87% below the average floor area of 511,890 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1978, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1973). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,327 other buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 60 and a site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 44.4 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. Santa Ynez Gardens's 44.4 kBtu/ft² across 65,000 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (846 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 61,102 kWh of electricity and 33,700 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Santa Ynez Gardens to report its energy use?

Santa Ynez Gardens 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:53166794:2024). 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 Santa Ynez Gardens's energy grade?

Santa Ynez Gardens did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 44.4 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Santa Ynez Gardens use?

Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 44.4 kBtu/ft² across 65,000 sq ft, including 61,102 kWh of electricity and 33,700 therms of natural gas.

What are Santa Ynez Gardens's carbon emissions?

Santa Ynez Gardens reported 191 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.

Where is Santa Ynez Gardens?

Santa Ynez Gardens is at 1810 California 154, Santa Ynez, in Santa Ynez, California 93460. Its coordinates are 34.63784, -120.08286 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.

How big is Santa Ynez Gardens and when was it built?

Santa Ynez Gardens has 65,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1978 as its year built. It is classed as other.

Is Santa Ynez Gardens 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, “Santa Ynez Gardens, Santa Ynez, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/santa-ynez-gardens-5c8f7120 (data as of July 9, 2026).