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Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)

Multifamily Housing in San Diego, CA · 11724 Carmel Creek Rd

At a glance

Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) is a 443,868-square-foot multifamily housing building at 11724 Carmel Creek Rd in San Diego, California, built in 2000. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 91 out of 100 (grade A) and a site energy-use intensity of 26.0 kBtu/ft². That score is higher than 27% of the 383 scored multifamily housing buildings in San Diego.

ENERGY STAR score
91
band A · 2022
Site EUI
26.0
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
—
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
—
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
443,868
sq ft
Year built
2000
vintage

Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score91 (band A)
Site EUI26.0 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions—
GHG intensity—
Gross floor area443,868 sq ft
Source recordsan_diego:102415:2022

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2022latest91+326.0 kBtu/ft²—
20218826.7 kBtu/ft²—

Compliance context

Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)

San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.

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Ownership

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Location

Address
11724 Carmel Creek Rd
State
California

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How does Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in San Diego?

The latest disclosures cover 469 multifamily housing buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)'s ENERGY STAR score of 91 compares with an average of 90 across the 383 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 72%. Its site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 26.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 443,868 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 203,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 6 years later than the group's average year built (1994). 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 Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80), covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2021 to 91 in 2022 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 26.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 26.0 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 3% decrease.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 91 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 91 means the building performs better than about 91% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 91 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 San Diego, 73% 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. Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)'s 26.0 kBtu/ft² across 443,868 sq ft works out to about 11.5 billion Btu (3,382 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.

Which law requires Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) to report its energy use?

Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) reports under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12), the legal basis of San Diego's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record san_diego:102415:2022). San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)'s energy grade?

Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) scores 91 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2022 San Diego disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.

How much energy does Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) use?

Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 26.0 kBtu/ft² across 443,868 sq ft.

What are Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)'s carbon emissions?

No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.

Where is Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80)?

Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) is at 11724 Carmel Creek Rd, in San Diego, California.

How big is Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) and when was it built?

Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) has 443,868 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2000 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.

Is Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80) covered by the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)?

Yes — it appears in the 2022 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12).

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About this data

Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Carmel Creek (reporting) - Essex (cm80), San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/carmel-creek-reporting-essex-cm80-651b46d8 (data as of July 9, 2026).