(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building
Museum in California, CA · 2131 Pan American Plz, San Diego · 92101
At a glance
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building is a 71,777-square-foot museum building at 2131 Pan American Plz, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1999. In its 2018 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 0.1 kBtu/ft² and 1 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2018
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 0.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 1 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 3,111 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 71,777 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6375789:2018 |
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
- 2131 Pan American Plz, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92101
- Coordinates
- 32.72769, -117.15266
Within ~1 km
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How does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building 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 0.1 kBtu/ft² is about 100% below the average of 73.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 71,777 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 25 years later than the group's average year built (1974).
What does a site EUI of 0.1 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_Federal Building's 0.1 kBtu/ft² across 71,777 sq ft works out to about 0 billion Btu (2 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. The disclosure also reports 3,111 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building to report its energy use?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building 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:6375789:2018). 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.
More museum buildings in California
- House Of Charm· 70,210 sq ft · EUI 56.3 kBtu/ft²
- County Museum - Red003· 69,633 sq ft · EUI 170.8 kBtu/ft²
- California Automobile Museum· 69,000 sq ft · EUI 9.9 kBtu/ft²
- Getty South Building· 65,109 sq ft · EUI 27.7 kBtu/ft²
- George C. Page Museum At The La Brea Tar Pits (Ab 802)· 61,529 sq ft · EUI 43.2 kBtu/ft²
- Merle Norman Cosmetics· 61,000 sq ft · EUI 56.8 kBtu/ft²
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Frequently asked questions
What is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building's energy grade?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2018 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 0.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building use?
Its 2018 site energy-use intensity was 0.1 kBtu/ft² across 71,777 sq ft, including 3,111 kWh of electricity.
What are (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building's carbon emissions?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building reported 1 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2018.
Where is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building is at 2131 Pan American Plz, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92101. Its coordinates are 32.72769, -117.15266 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building and when was it built?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building has 71,777 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2018 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1999 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Federal Building 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_Federal Building, San Diego, California — 2018 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/tenant-occupied-balboa-park-federal-building-5c763340 (data as of July 9, 2026).