Otay Villas Apartments
Multifamily Housing in San Diego, CA · 649 Picador Boulevard
At a glance
Otay Villas Apartments is a 60,588-square-foot multifamily housing building at 649 Picador Boulevard in San Diego, California, built in 1984. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 100 out of 100 (grade A) and a site energy-use intensity of 12.6 kBtu/ft². That score is higher than 63% of the 383 scored multifamily housing buildings in San Diego.
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 100 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 12.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 60,588 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:101807:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | 100 | ±0 | 12.6 kBtu/ft² | — |
| 2021 | 100 | 13.6 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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 649 Picador Boulevard
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Otay Villas Apartments 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. Otay Villas Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 90 across the 383 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them. Its site EUI of 12.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 26.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 60,588 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 203,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 10 years earlier 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 Otay Villas Apartments's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for Otay Villas Apartments, covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score was 100 in both 2021 and 2022. Site EUI moved from 13.6 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 12.6 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 7% decrease.
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 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. Otay Villas Apartments's 12.6 kBtu/ft² across 60,588 sq ft works out to about 0.8 billion Btu (224 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires Otay Villas Apartments to report its energy use?
Otay Villas Apartments 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:101807:2022). 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 Otay Villas Apartments's energy grade?
Otay Villas Apartments scores 100 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 Otay Villas Apartments use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 12.6 kBtu/ft² across 60,588 sq ft.
What are Otay Villas Apartments's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is Otay Villas Apartments?
Otay Villas Apartments is at 649 Picador Boulevard, in San Diego, California.
How big is Otay Villas Apartments and when was it built?
Otay Villas Apartments has 60,588 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1984 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Otay Villas Apartments 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, “Otay Villas Apartments, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/otay-villas-apartments-1b1f1b39 (data as of July 9, 2026).