Village At Mendota

How does Village At Mendota 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. Village At Mendota's ENERGY STAR score of 70 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 49.9 kBtu/ft² is about 45% 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 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 44% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 74,270 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 15 years later 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 Village At Mendota's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Village At Mendota, covering report years 2022, 2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2022 to 70 in 2024 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 72. Site EUI moved from 38.6 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 49.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 29% increase. Reported emissions went from 194 tCO₂e to 225 tCO₂e over the same span (up 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 70 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 70 means the building performs better than about 70% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 70 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 5 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. Village At Mendota's 49.9 kBtu/ft² across 74,270 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,086 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 643,661 kWh of electricity and 14,986 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Village At Mendota to report its energy use?

Village At Mendota 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:28424766:2024). 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.