Innovation Place
Office in California, CA · 100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara · 93108
At a glance
Innovation Place is a 122,931-square-foot office building at 100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, built in 2004. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 43.4 kBtu/ft² and 328 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 43.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 328 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 985,580 kWh |
| Natural gas | 19,772 therms |
| Gross floor area | 122,931 sq ft |
| Source record | california:49122792:2024 |
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
- 100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 93108
- Coordinates
- 34.42279, -119.60862
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
- 100 Innovation Placescore 23
Office · 83,425 sq ft
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How does Innovation Place 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 43.4 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 26% below the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 122,931 sq ft, it is about 19% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 19 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.
What does a site EUI of 43.4 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. Innovation Place's 43.4 kBtu/ft² across 122,931 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,564 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 985,580 kWh of electricity and 19,772 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Innovation Place to report its energy use?
Innovation Place 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:49122792:2024). 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 Innovation Place's energy grade?
Innovation Place did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 43.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Innovation Place use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 43.4 kBtu/ft² across 122,931 sq ft, including 985,580 kWh of electricity and 19,772 therms of natural gas.
What are Innovation Place's carbon emissions?
Innovation Place reported 328 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Innovation Place?
Innovation Place is at 100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara, in Santa Barbara, California 93108. Its coordinates are 34.42279, -119.60862 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Innovation Place and when was it built?
Innovation Place has 122,931 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2004 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is Innovation Place 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, “Innovation Place, Santa Barbara, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/innovation-place-3c9085f3 (data as of July 9, 2026).