San Diego, CA · Overview
San Diego Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (BEBO)
San Diego's local benchmarking ordinance mirrors the state AB 802 scope: commercial buildings 50,000 sq ft and larger, and multifamily buildings 50,000 sq ft and larger with 17 or more residential utility accounts, filed annually via an ESPM data request to the city. San Diego is a CEC-exempt jurisdiction, so this local filing also satisfies AB 802.
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Filing deadline
Jun 1
Annually, for the prior calendar year
- City fee
- No city fee on file.
- Files via
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager — you respond to the jurisdiction’s data request.
Filing facts
What the registry knows
- Who’s covered
- Commercial buildings larger than 50,000 sq ft.
- Multifamily buildings larger than 50,000 sq ft — applies only if 17 or more residential utility accounts (mirrors AB 802 scope).
- Deadline
- Jun 1, annually
- Files via
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager — you respond to the jurisdiction’s data request.
- City fee
- No city fee on file.
- If you miss it
- No fixed administrative fine schedule in the ordinance: SDMC §1412.0112 provides violations may be prosecuted as misdemeanors (fines/custody per SDMC §12.0201), and the City may seek injunctive relief and civil penalties in Superior Court per §12.0202 or pursue administrative remedies under Chapter 1.
How to comply
Step by step
Confirm the building meets the 50,000 sq ft threshold (and, for multifamily, has 17 or more residential utility accounts).
Benchmark the building in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager with a "San Diego" Standard ID and enter 12 months of whole-building energy data.
Respond to the City of San Diego's ESPM data request before June 1.
FAQ
Common questions
Why does San Diego BEBO use the same numbers as state AB 802?
San Diego deliberately mirrored the state AB 802 thresholds (50,000 sq ft, 17+ accounts for multifamily) when it adopted its own CEC-exempt local ordinance, so a building's coverage determination is effectively identical under either program.
Where can compliance status be checked for a San Diego building?
The state-level lookup at benchmarkingca.com (referenced by LADBS as the state compliance-status site) is the closest confirmed public tool; a San Diego-specific public lookup was not confirmed in the underlying research.
Want San Diego Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (BEBO) handled for you?
Run the compliance checker to confirm this program actually applies to your building, then join our early-access waitlist — we’re onboarding buildings city by city and will email you the moment we’re filing in your jurisdiction.
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