The Artisan Laguna Beach

How does The Artisan Laguna Beach 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. The Artisan Laguna Beach's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 34% of them and lower than 65%. Its site EUI of 28.1 kBtu/ft² is about 18% below the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 21% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 398,936 sq ft, it is about 164% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1987 construction date is close to 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 The Artisan Laguna Beach's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for The Artisan Laguna Beach, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 89 in 2019 to 82 in 2024 (-7 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 45.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 28.1 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 38% decrease. Reported emissions went from 988 tCO₂e to 664 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. The Artisan Laguna Beach's 28.1 kBtu/ft² across 398,936 sq ft works out to about 11.2 billion Btu (3,285 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,911,234 kWh of electricity and 43,477 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires The Artisan Laguna Beach to report its energy use?

The Artisan Laguna Beach 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:3418563:2024). 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.