Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive
Office in California, CA · 12898 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos · 90703
At a glance
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive is a 82,700-square-foot office building at 12898 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos in Cerritos, California, built in 1993. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 102.2 kBtu/ft² and 584 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 102.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 584 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 2,496,406 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 82,700 sq ft |
| Source record | california:5982844:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 102.2 kBtu/ft² | 584 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | 58 | -15 | 108.8 kBtu/ft² | 544 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 73 | +1 | 133.8 kBtu/ft² | 780 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 72 | 124.6 kBtu/ft² | 683 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
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Location
- Address
- 12898 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 90703
- Coordinates
- 33.86660, -118.05845
Within ~1 km
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How does Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center 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 102.2 kBtu/ft² is about 81% above the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 82,700 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 8 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.
How has Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive, covering report years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 72 in 2018 to 58 in 2020 (-14 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 73. Site EUI moved from 124.6 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 102.2 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 18% decrease. Reported emissions went from 683 tCO₂e to 584 tCO₂e over the same span (down 15%).
What does a site EUI of 102.2 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. Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive's 102.2 kBtu/ft² across 82,700 sq ft works out to about 8.5 billion Btu (2,477 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 2,496,406 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive to report its energy use?
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:5982844:2022). 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 Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive's energy grade?
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 102.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 102.2 kBtu/ft² across 82,700 sq ft, including 2,496,406 kWh of electricity.
What are Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive's carbon emissions?
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive reported 584 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (7.1 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive?
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive is at 12898 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos, in Cerritos, California 90703. Its coordinates are 33.86660, -118.05845 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive and when was it built?
Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive has 82,700 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1993 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “Cerritos - 12898 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/cerritos-12898-towne-center-drive-bd2f36c8 (data as of July 9, 2026).