Villa Marbella Apartments

How does Villa Marbella Apartments 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. Villa Marbella Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 60% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 43.9 kBtu/ft² is about 28% 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 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,515 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1989 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 Villa Marbella Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Villa Marbella Apartments, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 93 in 2023 to 96 in 2024 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 46.8 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 43.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 6% decrease. Reported emissions went from 140 tCO₂e to 131 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Villa Marbella Apartments's 43.9 kBtu/ft² across 50,515 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (650 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 301,606 kWh of electricity and 11,824 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Villa Marbella Apartments to report its energy use?

Villa Marbella Apartments 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:35848354:2024). 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.