Center For Media And Design
College/University in California, CA · 1660 Stewart Street, Santa Monica · 90404
At a glance
Center For Media And Design is a 114,490-square-foot college/university building at 1660 Stewart Street, Santa Monica in Santa Monica, California, built in 2004. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 97.5 kBtu/ft² and 720 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 97.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 720 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 2,741,903 kWh |
| Natural gas | 18,595 therms |
| Gross floor area | 114,490 sq ft |
| Source record | california:23871276:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 97.5 kBtu/ft² | 720 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 90.1 kBtu/ft² | 732 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | 1 | ±0 | 117.8 kBtu/ft² | 578 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 1 | 108.9 kBtu/ft² | 523 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
- 1660 Stewart Street, Santa Monica
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90404
- Coordinates
- 34.03064, -118.46714
Within ~1 km
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How does Center For Media And Design compare with other college/university buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 497 college/university buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 97.5 kBtu/ft² is about 22% above the average of 79.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% above the group average of 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 114,490 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 569,516 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 36 years later than the group's average year built (1969). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,113 college/university buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft².
How has Center For Media And Design's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Center For Media And Design, covering report years 2021–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 1 in both 2021 and 2022. Site EUI moved from 108.9 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 97.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 10% decrease. Reported emissions went from 523 tCO₂e to 720 tCO₂e over the same span (up 37%).
What does a site EUI of 97.5 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. Center For Media And Design's 97.5 kBtu/ft² across 114,490 sq ft works out to about 11.2 billion Btu (3,271 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,741,903 kWh of electricity and 18,595 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Center For Media And Design to report its energy use?
Center For Media And Design 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 2024 disclosure (source record california:23871276:2024). 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 Center For Media And Design's energy grade?
Center For Media And Design did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 97.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Center For Media And Design use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 97.5 kBtu/ft² across 114,490 sq ft, including 2,741,903 kWh of electricity and 18,595 therms of natural gas.
What are Center For Media And Design's carbon emissions?
Center For Media And Design reported 720 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Center For Media And Design?
Center For Media And Design is at 1660 Stewart Street, Santa Monica, in Santa Monica, California 90404. Its coordinates are 34.03064, -118.46714 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Center For Media And Design and when was it built?
Center For Media And Design has 114,490 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2004 as its year built. It is classed as college/university.
Is Center For Media And Design covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “Center For Media And Design, Santa Monica, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/center-for-media-and-design-17f0fa82 (data as of July 9, 2026).