12636 High Bluff Drive
Office in California, CA · 12636 High Bluff Drive, San Diego · 92130
At a glance
12636 High Bluff Drive is a 59,542-square-foot office building at 12636 High Bluff Drive, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1989. In its 2019 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 33.6 kBtu/ft² and 133 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2019
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 33.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 133 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 587,040 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 59,542 sq ft |
| Source record | california:11662871:2019 |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 12636 High Bluff Drive, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92130
- Coordinates
- 32.95004, -117.23937
Within ~1 km
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How does 12636 High Bluff Drive compare with other office buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.6 kBtu/ft² is about 40% below the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 59,542 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 4 years later than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 33.6 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. 12636 High Bluff Drive's 33.6 kBtu/ft² across 59,542 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (586 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 587,040 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 12636 High Bluff Drive to report its energy use?
12636 High Bluff Drive 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:11662871:2019). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 12636 High Bluff Drive's energy grade?
12636 High Bluff Drive did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2019 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 33.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 12636 High Bluff Drive use?
Its 2019 site energy-use intensity was 33.6 kBtu/ft² across 59,542 sq ft, including 587,040 kWh of electricity.
What are 12636 High Bluff Drive's carbon emissions?
12636 High Bluff Drive reported 133 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2019.
Where is 12636 High Bluff Drive?
12636 High Bluff Drive is at 12636 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92130. Its coordinates are 32.95004, -117.23937 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 12636 High Bluff Drive and when was it built?
12636 High Bluff Drive has 59,542 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2019 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1989 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is 12636 High Bluff Drive covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2019 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “12636 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, California — 2019 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/12636-high-bluff-drive-7498987e (data as of July 9, 2026).