(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm
Museum in California, CA · 1439 El Prado, San Diego · 92101
At a glance
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm is a 74,999-square-foot museum building at 1439 El Prado, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1915. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 20.2 kBtu/ft² and 104 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 20.2 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 104 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 443,597 kWh |
| Natural gas | 0 therms |
| Gross floor area | 74,999 sq ft |
| Source record | california:9002991:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 20.2 kBtu/ft² | 104 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 17.0 kBtu/ft² | 75 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 2.3 kBtu/ft² | 10 tCO₂e |
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
- 1439 El Prado, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92101
- Coordinates
- 32.73114, -117.15105
Within ~1 km
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How does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm 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 20.2 kBtu/ft² is about 73% 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 1.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 68% below the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 74,999 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 59 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974).
How has (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm, covering report years 2020–2022. Site EUI moved from 2.3 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 20.2 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 778% increase. Reported emissions went from 10 tCO₂e to 104 tCO₂e over the same span (up 907%).
What does a site EUI of 20.2 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_House Of Charm's 20.2 kBtu/ft² across 74,999 sq ft works out to about 1.5 billion Btu (444 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 443,597 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm to report its energy use?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm 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:9002991:2022). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm's energy grade?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 20.2 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 20.2 kBtu/ft² across 74,999 sq ft, including 443,597 kWh of electricity and 0 therms of natural gas.
What are (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm's carbon emissions?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm reported 104 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm is at 1439 El Prado, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92101. Its coordinates are 32.73114, -117.15105 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm and when was it built?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm has 74,999 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1915 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_House Of Charm covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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_House Of Charm, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/tenant-occupied-balboa-park-house-of-charm-ed18e049 (data as of July 9, 2026).