(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center
Museum in California, CA · 1875 El Prado, San Diego · 92101
At a glance
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center is a 94,000-square-foot museum building at 1875 El Prado, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1973. In its 2018 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 41.9 kBtu/ft² and 269 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2018
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 41.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 269 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,119,879 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 94,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:3942998:2018 |
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
- 1875 El Prado, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92101
- Coordinates
- 32.73146, -117.14817
Within ~1 km
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How does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center 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 41.9 kBtu/ft² is about 43% 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 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 4.4 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 94,000 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 137,839 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1973 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1974).
What does a site EUI of 41.9 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_Reuben H Fleet Science Center's 41.9 kBtu/ft² across 94,000 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,154 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. The disclosure also reports 1,119,879 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center to report its energy use?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science 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 2018 disclosure (source record california:3942998:2018). 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
- Fleet Science Center· 93,505 sq ft · EUI 48.3 kBtu/ft²
- Norton Simon Museum Of Art At Pasadena· 90,582 sq ft · EUI 56.0 kBtu/ft²
- Moca Grand· 90,085 sq ft · EUI 138.8 kBtu/ft²
- San Diego Air & Space Museum· 89,081 sq ft · EUI 22.2 kBtu/ft²
- Marciano Art Foundation· 84,000 sq ft · EUI 29.6 kBtu/ft²
- Japanese American National Museum· 83,836 sq ft · EUI 456.4 kBtu/ft²
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- All California benchmarked buildings· AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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Frequently asked questions
What is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center's energy grade?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2018 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 41.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center use?
Its 2018 site energy-use intensity was 41.9 kBtu/ft² across 94,000 sq ft, including 1,119,879 kWh of electricity.
What are (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center's carbon emissions?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center reported 269 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2018.
Where is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center is at 1875 El Prado, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92101. Its coordinates are 32.73146, -117.14817 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center and when was it built?
(Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center has 94,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2018 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1973 as its year built. It is classed as museum.
Is (Tenant Occupied) Balboa Park_Reuben H Fleet Science Center 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_Reuben H Fleet Science Center, San Diego, California — 2018 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/tenant-occupied-balboa-park-reuben-h-fleet-science-center-604852fe (data as of July 9, 2026).