Verbena Family Apartments (vr51)
Multifamily Housing in San Diego, CA
At a glance
Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) is a 106,393-square-foot multifamily housing building in San Diego, California, built in 2011. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 20.9 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 20.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 106,393 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:CA033176:2022 |
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
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Location
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
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How does Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) 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. Its site EUI of 20.9 kBtu/ft² is about 21% below the average of 26.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 106,393 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 203,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2011, 17 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.
What does a site EUI of 20.9 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Verbena Family Apartments (vr51)'s 20.9 kBtu/ft² across 106,393 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (652 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) to report its energy use?
Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) 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:CA033176:2022). 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 Verbena Family Apartments (vr51)'s energy grade?
Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 20.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 20.9 kBtu/ft² across 106,393 sq ft.
What are Verbena Family Apartments (vr51)'s carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is Verbena Family Apartments (vr51)?
Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) is in San Diego, California.
How big is Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) and when was it built?
Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) has 106,393 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2011 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Verbena Family Apartments (vr51) 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, “Verbena Family Apartments (vr51), San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/verbena-family-apartments-vr51-f25bfdee (data as of July 9, 2026).