Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center

How does Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center's ENERGY STAR score of 79 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 67.1 kBtu/ft² is about 19% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 194,602 sq ft, it is about 28% above the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 24 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 an ENERGY STAR score of 79 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 79 means the building performs better than about 79% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 79 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In California, 65% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

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. Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center's 67.1 kBtu/ft² across 194,602 sq ft works out to about 13.1 billion Btu (3,827 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 1,295,270 kWh of electricity and 86,341 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center to report its energy use?

Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/302-321-Flight Projects Center 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:2984181:2022). 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.