5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)
Museum in California, CA · 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles · 90036
At a glance
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) is a 134,579-square-foot museum building at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 2008. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 99.1 kBtu/ft² and 754 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 99.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 754 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,055,556 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 134,579 sq ft |
| Source record | california:10174553:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | — | 99.1 kBtu/ft² | 754 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 54.0 kBtu/ft² | 724 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 42.9 kBtu/ft² | 562 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 227.3 kBtu/ft² | 2,464 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 399.5 kBtu/ft² | 4,398 tCO₂e |
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
- 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90036
- Coordinates
- 34.06365, -118.35896
Within ~1 km
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How does 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) compare with other museum buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 48 museum buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 99.1 kBtu/ft² is about 35% above the average of 73.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% above the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 134,579 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 34 years later than the group's average year built (1974).
How has 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert), covering report years 2019–2023. Site EUI moved from 399.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 99.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 75% decrease. Reported emissions went from 4,398 tCO₂e to 754 tCO₂e over the same span (down 83%).
What does a site EUI of 99.1 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. 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)'s 99.1 kBtu/ft² across 134,579 sq ft works out to about 13.3 billion Btu (3,909 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,055,556 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) to report its energy use?
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:10174553:2023). 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 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)'s energy grade?
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 99.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 99.1 kBtu/ft² across 134,579 sq ft, including 1,055,556 kWh of electricity.
What are 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)'s carbon emissions?
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) reported 754 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (5.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert)?
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) is at 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90036. Its coordinates are 34.06365, -118.35896 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) and when was it built?
5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) has 134,579 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2008 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is 5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert) covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 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, “5905 Wilshire Blvd (Vert), Los Angeles, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/5905-wilshire-blvd-vert-ba47fae6 (data as of July 9, 2026).