Venture Christian Church
Other in California, CA · 16845 Hicks Road, Los Gatos · 95032
At a glance
Venture Christian Church is a 150,000-square-foot other building at 16845 Hicks Road, Los Gatos in Los Gatos, California, built in 1963. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 25.8 kBtu/ft² and 248 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 25.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 248 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 921,691 kWh |
| Natural gas | 7,402 therms |
| Gross floor area | 150,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:58857592:2024 |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 16845 Hicks Road, Los Gatos
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95032
- Coordinates
- 37.22141, -121.91028
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
No other benchmarked buildings within ~1 km.
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How does Venture Christian Church 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 25.8 kBtu/ft² is about 56% 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 1.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 150,000 sq ft, it is about 71% below the average floor area of 511,890 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1963, 10 years earlier 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 25.8 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. Venture Christian Church's 25.8 kBtu/ft² across 150,000 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,134 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 921,691 kWh of electricity and 7,402 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Venture Christian Church to report its energy use?
Venture Christian Church 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:58857592:2024). 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 Venture Christian Church's energy grade?
Venture Christian Church did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 25.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Venture Christian Church use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 25.8 kBtu/ft² across 150,000 sq ft, including 921,691 kWh of electricity and 7,402 therms of natural gas.
What are Venture Christian Church's carbon emissions?
Venture Christian Church reported 248 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Venture Christian Church?
Venture Christian Church is at 16845 Hicks Road, Los Gatos, in Los Gatos, California 95032. Its coordinates are 37.22141, -121.91028 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Venture Christian Church and when was it built?
Venture Christian Church has 150,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1963 as its year built. It is classed as other.
Is Venture Christian Church 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, “Venture Christian Church, Los Gatos, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/venture-christian-church-b115a2a9 (data as of July 9, 2026).