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Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)

College/University in California, CA · 3601 Watt Way, Los Angeles · 90089

At a glance

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) is a 58,329-square-foot college/university building at 3601 Watt Way, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, built in 1980. In its 2020 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 110.7 kBtu/ft² and 367 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.

ENERGY STAR score
—
not reported · 2020
Site EUI
110.7
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
367
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
6.3
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
58,329
sq ft
Year built
1980
vintage
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AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2020

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score—
Site EUI110.7 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI—
GHG emissions367 tCO₂e
GHG intensity6.3 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity550,165 kWh
Natural gas28,236 therms
Gross floor area58,329 sq ft
Source recordcalifornia:6798173:2020

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2020latest—110.7 kBtu/ft²367 tCO₂e
2019—108.9 kBtu/ft²372 tCO₂e
2018—118.6 kBtu/ft²402 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.

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Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

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Location

Address
3601 Watt Way, Los Angeles
State
California
ZIP
90089
Coordinates
34.02133, -118.28806

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How does Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) 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 110.7 kBtu/ft² is about 39% 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 58,329 sq ft, it is about 90% below the average floor area of 569,516 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 12 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 Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs), covering report years 2018–2020. Site EUI moved from 118.6 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 110.7 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 402 tCO₂e to 367 tCO₂e over the same span (down 9%).

What does a site EUI of 110.7 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. Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)'s 110.7 kBtu/ft² across 58,329 sq ft works out to about 6.5 billion Btu (1,892 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 550,165 kWh of electricity and 28,236 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) to report its energy use?

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:6798173:2020). 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 Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)'s energy grade?

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2020 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 110.7 kBtu/ft².

How much energy does Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) use?

Its 2020 site energy-use intensity was 110.7 kBtu/ft² across 58,329 sq ft, including 550,165 kWh of electricity and 28,236 therms of natural gas.

What are Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)'s carbon emissions?

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) reported 367 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2020.

Where is Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs)?

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) is at 3601 Watt Way, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California 90089. Its coordinates are 34.02133, -118.28806 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.

How big is Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) and when was it built?

Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) has 58,329 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2020 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as college/university.

Is Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs) covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?

Yes — it appears in the 2020 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, “Grace Ford Salvatori Hall Of Letters, Arts And Sciences (Gfs), Los Angeles, California — 2020 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/grace-ford-salvatori-hall-of-letters-arts-and-sciences-gfs-fe4e3392 (data as of July 9, 2026).