Santee Court - Essex
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 700 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles · 90014
At a glance
Santee Court - Essex is a 199,879-square-foot multifamily housing building at 700 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 1912. In its 2019 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 12 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 42.7 kBtu/ft² and 532 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 2% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2019
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 12 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 42.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 532 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,662,575 kWh |
| Natural gas | 29,260 therms |
| Gross floor area | 199,879 sq ft |
| Source record | california:5982918:2019 |
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
- 700 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90014
- Coordinates
- 34.04315, -118.25056
Within ~1 km
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How does Santee Court - Essex 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. Santee Court - Essex's ENERGY STAR score of 12 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 2% of them and lower than 98%. Its site EUI of 42.7 kBtu/ft² is about 24% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 199,879 sq ft, it is about 32% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1912, 76 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 12 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 12 means the building performs better than about 12% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 12 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 63 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. Santee Court - Essex's 42.7 kBtu/ft² across 199,879 sq ft works out to about 8.5 billion Btu (2,501 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 1,662,575 kWh of electricity and 29,260 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Santee Court - Essex to report its energy use?
Santee Court - Essex 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:5982918:2019). 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 Santee Court - Essex's energy grade?
Santee Court - Essex scores 12 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2019 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Santee Court - Essex use?
Its 2019 site energy-use intensity was 42.7 kBtu/ft² across 199,879 sq ft, including 1,662,575 kWh of electricity and 29,260 therms of natural gas.
What are Santee Court - Essex's carbon emissions?
Santee Court - Essex reported 532 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2019.
Where is Santee Court - Essex?
Santee Court - Essex is at 700 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90014. Its coordinates are 34.04315, -118.25056 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Santee Court - Essex and when was it built?
Santee Court - Essex has 199,879 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2019 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1912 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Santee Court - Essex covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2019 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, “Santee Court - Essex, Los Angeles, California — 2019 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/santee-court-essex-2a030b2a (data as of July 9, 2026).