2500 Venture Oaks

How does 2500 Venture Oaks compare with other office buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 2500 Venture Oaks's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 75 across the 4,912 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 51.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 53,019 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1987 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 2500 Venture Oaks's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 2500 Venture Oaks, covering report years 2023–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 49 in 2023 to 53 in 2024 (+4 points). Site EUI moved from 55.1 kBtu/ft² (2023) to 51.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 192 tCO₂e to 157 tCO₂e over the same span (down 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 mean?

ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In California, 65% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.

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. 2500 Venture Oaks's 51.2 kBtu/ft² across 53,019 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (796 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 646,715 kWh of electricity and 5,892 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2500 Venture Oaks to report its energy use?

2500 Venture Oaks 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 2024 disclosure (source record california:34528719:2024). 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.