Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/76-306-Observational Instruments Lab

How does Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/76-306-Observational Instruments Lab compare with other other buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 773 other buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 184.6 kBtu/ft² is about 217% above the average of 58.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 11.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 234% above the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 79,444 sq ft, it is about 84% below the average floor area of 511,890 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 16 years later than the group's average year built (1973). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,327 other buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 60 and a site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 184.6 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. Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/76-306-Observational Instruments Lab's 184.6 kBtu/ft² across 79,444 sq ft works out to about 14.7 billion Btu (4,298 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 3,176,383 kWh of electricity and 34,538 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/76-306-Observational Instruments Lab to report its energy use?

Jet Propulsion Laboratory-1049/55/76-306-Observational Instruments Lab 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:2984122:2022). 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.