Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 8521 International Avenue, Los Angeles · 91304
At a glance
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. is a 88,600-square-foot multifamily housing building at 8521 International Avenue, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 1970. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 45 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 58.8 kBtu/ft² and 313 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 8% 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 | 45 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 58.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 313 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 456,052 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 88,600 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6805681:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | 45 | +3 | 58.8 kBtu/ft² | 313 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 42 | -11 | 64.1 kBtu/ft² | 328 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 53 | -1 | 65.8 kBtu/ft² | 310 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 54 | -5 | 62.8 kBtu/ft² | 295 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 59 | +13 | 64.4 kBtu/ft² | 306 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 46 | 64.8 kBtu/ft² | 326 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
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Location
- Address
- 8521 International Avenue, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 91304
- Coordinates
- 34.22476, -118.60009
Within ~1 km
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How does Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. 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. Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.'s ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 8% of them and lower than 91%. Its site EUI of 58.8 kBtu/ft² is about 71% 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 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 88,600 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1970, 18 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.
How has Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave., covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2019 to 45 in 2024 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 59. Site EUI moved from 64.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 58.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 326 tCO₂e to 313 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.'s 58.8 kBtu/ft² across 88,600 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,527 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 456,052 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. to report its energy use?
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. 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:6805681:2024). 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 Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.'s energy grade?
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. scores 45 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 58.8 kBtu/ft² across 88,600 sq ft, including 456,052 kWh of electricity.
What are Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.'s carbon emissions?
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. reported 313 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (3.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave.?
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. is at 8521 International Avenue, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 91304. Its coordinates are 34.22476, -118.60009 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. and when was it built?
Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. has 88,600 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1970 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave. 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, “Tara Woods Garden Apartments: 8521 International Ave., Los Angeles, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/tara-woods-garden-apartments-8521-international-ave-d6e50a9f (data as of July 9, 2026).