Link to Earth911 (June 10, 2026) | Every year, California’s commercial and apartment buildings burn through 109 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, guzzle 240 billion gallons of water, and release 23 million metric tons of carbon — and until now, almost none of that was easy for the public to see in one place.
That changed on May 28, when Measurabl and U.S. Green Building Council of California (UCGBC California) launched the California Building Performance Pulse, a free public dashboard that tracks how the state’s commercial and multifamily buildings perform on energy, carbon, and water. It covers more than 1.3 billion square feet of floor space across six years of utility data, one of the largest public windows into California building performance yet, and lets anyone compare buildings by city, property type, floor area, and year built. (Read full article)
