3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.
Office in California, CA · 3985 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego · 92121
At a glance
3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. is a 60,545-square-foot office building at 3985 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1976. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 80.5 kBtu/ft².
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 80.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 761,722 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 60,545 sq ft |
| Source record | california:3998856:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | — | 80.5 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2021 | — | 198.3 kBtu/ft² | 680 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 254.5 kBtu/ft² | 950 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 3985 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92121
- Coordinates
- 32.90314, -117.21932
Within ~1 km
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How does 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. compare with other office buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 80.5 kBtu/ft² is about 43% above the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 60,545 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 151,937 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1976, 9 years earlier than 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 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd., covering report years 2019, 2021, 2023. Site EUI moved from 254.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 80.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 68% decrease. Reported emissions went from 950 tCO₂e to 680 tCO₂e over the same span (down 28%).
What does a site EUI of 80.5 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. 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.'s 80.5 kBtu/ft² across 60,545 sq ft works out to about 4.9 billion Btu (1,428 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 761,722 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. to report its energy use?
3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. 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 2023 disclosure (source record california:3998856:2023). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.'s energy grade?
3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 80.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 80.5 kBtu/ft² across 60,545 sq ft, including 761,722 kWh of electricity.
What are 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.'s carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2023.
Where is 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd.?
3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. is at 3985 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92121. Its coordinates are 32.90314, -117.21932 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. and when was it built?
3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. has 60,545 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1976 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is 3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd. covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “3985 Sorrento Valley Blvd., San Diego, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/3985-sorrento-valley-blvd-792f014a (data as of July 9, 2026).