(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum
Museum in California, CA · 2001 Pan American Plz, San Diego · 92101
At a glance
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum is a 95,900-square-foot museum building at 2001 Pan American Plz, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1935. In its 2018 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 20.7 kBtu/ft² and 145 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2018
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 20.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 145 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 587,834 kWh |
| Natural gas | 682 therms |
| Gross floor area | 95,900 sq ft |
| Source record | california:3942996:2018 |
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
- 2001 Pan American Plz, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92101
- Coordinates
- 32.72692, -117.15341
Within ~1 km
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How does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space 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 20.7 kBtu/ft² is about 72% 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 1.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 66% below the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 95,900 sq ft, it is about 30% below the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1935, 39 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974).
What does a site EUI of 20.7 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. (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum's 20.7 kBtu/ft² across 95,900 sq ft works out to about 2 billion Btu (582 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. The disclosure also reports 587,834 kWh of electricity and 682 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum to report its energy use?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space 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 2018 disclosure (source record california:3942996:2018). 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 (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum's energy grade?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2018 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 20.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum use?
Its 2018 site energy-use intensity was 20.7 kBtu/ft² across 95,900 sq ft, including 587,834 kWh of electricity and 682 therms of natural gas.
What are (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum's carbon emissions?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum reported 145 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2018.
Where is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum is at 2001 Pan American Plz, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92101. Its coordinates are 32.72692, -117.15341 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum and when was it built?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum has 95,900 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2018 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1935 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2018 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, “(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Air And Space Museum, San Diego, California — 2018 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/tenant-occupied-balboa-park-air-and-space-museum-3128ca47 (data as of July 9, 2026).