Fresno Metropolitan Museum
Museum in California, CA · 1555 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno · 93721
At a glance
Fresno Metropolitan Museum is a 58,654-square-foot museum building at 1555 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno in Fresno, California, built in 1984. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 27.0 kBtu/ft² and 98 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 27.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 98 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 289,900 kWh |
| Natural gas | 6,010 therms |
| Gross floor area | 58,654 sq ft |
| Source record | california:7542756:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 27.0 kBtu/ft² | 98 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 28.5 kBtu/ft² | 107 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 27.4 kBtu/ft² | 103 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 18.6 kBtu/ft² | 67 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 19.8 kBtu/ft² | 75 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 39.6 kBtu/ft² | 144 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 36.8 kBtu/ft² | 141 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
- 1555 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 93721
- Coordinates
- 36.74027, -119.79575
Within ~1 km
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How does Fresno Metropolitan Museum 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 27.0 kBtu/ft² is about 63% below the average of 73.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 62% below the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 58,654 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1984, 10 years later than the group's average year built (1974).
How has Fresno Metropolitan Museum's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 7 California disclosures for Fresno Metropolitan Museum, covering report years 2018–2024. Site EUI moved from 36.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 27.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 27% decrease. Reported emissions went from 141 tCO₂e to 98 tCO₂e over the same span (down 31%).
What does a site EUI of 27.0 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. Fresno Metropolitan Museum's 27.0 kBtu/ft² across 58,654 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (464 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 289,900 kWh of electricity and 6,010 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Fresno Metropolitan Museum to report its energy use?
Fresno Metropolitan Museum 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:7542756:2024). 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 Fresno Metropolitan Museum's energy grade?
Fresno Metropolitan Museum did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 27.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Fresno Metropolitan Museum use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 27.0 kBtu/ft² across 58,654 sq ft, including 289,900 kWh of electricity and 6,010 therms of natural gas.
What are Fresno Metropolitan Museum's carbon emissions?
Fresno Metropolitan Museum reported 98 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Fresno Metropolitan Museum?
Fresno Metropolitan Museum is at 1555 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, in Fresno, California 93721. Its coordinates are 36.74027, -119.79575 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Fresno Metropolitan Museum and when was it built?
Fresno Metropolitan Museum has 58,654 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1984 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is Fresno Metropolitan Museum 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, “Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/fresno-metropolitan-museum-2283daf1 (data as of July 9, 2026).