Vista Alicante

How does Vista Alicante 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. Vista Alicante's ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 46.4 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 57,888 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1995, 7 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 Vista Alicante's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Vista Alicante, covering report years 2022–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2022 to 59 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 67. Site EUI moved from 37.3 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 46.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 24% increase. Reported emissions went from 229 tCO₂e to 167 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. Vista Alicante's 46.4 kBtu/ft² across 57,888 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (787 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 452,792 kWh of electricity and 12,097 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Vista Alicante to report its energy use?

Vista Alicante 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:29246571:2024). 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.