4821-4839 Clairemont Drive
Strip Mall in California, CA · 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, San Diego · 92117
At a glance
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive is a 66,121-square-foot strip mall building at 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1954. In its 2020 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 44.6 kBtu/ft² and 190 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2020
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 44.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 190 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 745,908 kWh |
| Natural gas | 4,064 therms |
| Gross floor area | 66,121 sq ft |
| Source record | california:11646630:2020 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020latest | — | 44.6 kBtu/ft² | 190 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 76.9 kBtu/ft² | 323 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
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Location
- Address
- 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92117
- Coordinates
- 32.83116, -117.20573
Within ~1 km
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How does 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive compare with other strip mall buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 937 strip mall buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 44.6 kBtu/ft² is about 41% below the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 66,121 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1954, 31 years earlier than the group's average year built (1985). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².
How has 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, covering report years 2019–2020. Site EUI moved from 76.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 44.6 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 42% decrease. Reported emissions went from 323 tCO₂e to 190 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).
What does a site EUI of 44.6 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. 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive's 44.6 kBtu/ft² across 66,121 sq ft works out to about 2.9 billion Btu (864 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 745,908 kWh of electricity and 4,064 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive to report its energy use?
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:11646630:2020). 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 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive's energy grade?
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2020 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 44.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive use?
Its 2020 site energy-use intensity was 44.6 kBtu/ft² across 66,121 sq ft, including 745,908 kWh of electricity and 4,064 therms of natural gas.
What are 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive's carbon emissions?
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive reported 190 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2020.
Where is 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive?
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive is at 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92117. Its coordinates are 32.83116, -117.20573 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive and when was it built?
4821-4839 Clairemont Drive has 66,121 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2020 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1954 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is 4821-4839 Clairemont Drive covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2020 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, “4821-4839 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, California — 2020 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/4821-4839-clairemont-drive-533f8f3d (data as of July 9, 2026).