Verano Courtyards
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 301 Verano Dr, Santa Barbara · 93110
At a glance
Verano Courtyards is a 81,786-square-foot multifamily housing building at 301 Verano Dr, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, built in 1963. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 5.3 kBtu/ft² and 29 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 5.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 29 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 127,839 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 81,786 sq ft |
| Source record | california:36491263:2023 |
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
- 301 Verano Dr, Santa Barbara
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 93110
- Coordinates
- 34.44449, -119.76088
Within ~1 km
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How does Verano Courtyards 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. Its site EUI of 5.3 kBtu/ft² is about 85% 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 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 83% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 81,786 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1963, 25 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 a site EUI of 5.3 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. Verano Courtyards's 5.3 kBtu/ft² across 81,786 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (127 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 127,839 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Verano Courtyards to report its energy use?
Verano Courtyards 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:36491263:2023). 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 Verano Courtyards's energy grade?
Verano Courtyards did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 5.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Verano Courtyards use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 5.3 kBtu/ft² across 81,786 sq ft, including 127,839 kWh of electricity.
What are Verano Courtyards's carbon emissions?
Verano Courtyards reported 29 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Verano Courtyards?
Verano Courtyards is at 301 Verano Dr, Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California 93110. Its coordinates are 34.44449, -119.76088 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Verano Courtyards and when was it built?
Verano Courtyards has 81,786 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1963 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Verano Courtyards covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 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, “Verano Courtyards, Santa Barbara, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/verano-courtyards-9b308ec5 (data as of July 9, 2026).