0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility
Prison/Incarceration in San Diego, CA · 2801 Meadow Lark Dr
At a glance
0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility is a 132,634-square-foot prison/incarceration building at 2801 Meadow Lark Dr in San Diego, California, built in 1962. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 6.7 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 6.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 132,634 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:102404:2022 |
Compliance context
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)
San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 2801 Meadow Lark Dr
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
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How does 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility compare with other prison/incarceration buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 5 prison/incarceration buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 6.7 kBtu/ft² is about 89% below the average of 60.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 132,634 sq ft, it is about 35% below the average floor area of 204,714 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 32 years earlier than the group's average year built (1994).
What does a site EUI of 6.7 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. 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility's 6.7 kBtu/ft² across 132,634 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (260 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility to report its energy use?
0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility reports under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12), the legal basis of San Diego's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record san_diego:102404:2022). San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.
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- Boston Avenue· 15,142 sq ft · EUI 95.0 kBtu/ft²
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Frequently asked questions
What is 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility's energy grade?
0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 6.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 6.7 kBtu/ft² across 132,634 sq ft.
What are 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility?
0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility is at 2801 Meadow Lark Dr, in San Diego, California.
How big is 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility and when was it built?
0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility has 132,634 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1962 as its year built. It is classed as prison/incarceration.
Is 0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility covered by the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “0340 Kearny Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/0340-kearny-mesa-juvenile-detention-facility-403055bc (data as of July 9, 2026).