Village Oaks Apartments

How does Village Oaks 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. Village Oaks Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 15% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 86.6 kBtu/ft² is about 152% 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 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 136% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 142,513 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 10 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 Oaks Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Village Oaks Apartments, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 98 in 2019 to 61 in 2024 (-37 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 100. Site EUI moved from 66.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 86.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 30% increase. Reported emissions went from 536 tCO₂e to 705 tCO₂e over the same span (up 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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 Oaks Apartments's 86.6 kBtu/ft² across 142,513 sq ft works out to about 12.3 billion Btu (3,617 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 819,602 kWh of electricity and 97,772 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Village Oaks Apartments to report its energy use?

Village Oaks 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:7956718:2024). 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.