Purl
Multifamily Housing in San Diego, CA
At a glance
Purl is a 753,435-square-foot multifamily housing building in San Diego, California, built in 2020. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 18.6 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 18.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 753,435 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:CA014541:2022 |
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
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
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How does Purl compare with other multifamily housing buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 469 multifamily housing buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 18.6 kBtu/ft² is about 30% below the average of 26.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 753,435 sq ft, it is about 271% above the average floor area of 203,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 26 years later than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 18.6 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. Purl's 18.6 kBtu/ft² across 753,435 sq ft works out to about 14 billion Btu (4,107 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires Purl to report its energy use?
Purl 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:CA014541:2022). 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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Frequently asked questions
What is Purl's energy grade?
Purl did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 18.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Purl use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 18.6 kBtu/ft² across 753,435 sq ft.
What are Purl's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is Purl?
Purl is in San Diego, California.
How big is Purl and when was it built?
Purl has 753,435 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2020 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Purl 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, “Purl, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/purl-ff48e474 (data as of July 9, 2026).