4950 Almaden Expressway
Strip Mall in California, CA · 4950 Almaden Expressway, San Jose · 95118
At a glance
4950 Almaden Expressway is a 137,277-square-foot strip mall building at 4950 Almaden Expressway, San Jose in San Jose, California, built in 1980. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 104.4 kBtu/ft² and 941 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 104.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 941 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 3,114,657 kWh |
| Natural gas | 40,102 therms |
| Gross floor area | 137,277 sq ft |
| Source record | california:15961000:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 104.4 kBtu/ft² | 941 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 115.4 kBtu/ft² | 945 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 106.8 kBtu/ft² | 876 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
- 4950 Almaden Expressway, San Jose
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95118
- Coordinates
- 37.26103, -121.87630
Within ~1 km
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How does 4950 Almaden Expressway 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 104.4 kBtu/ft² is about 39% above the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 47% above the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 137,277 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 5 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 4950 Almaden Expressway's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 4950 Almaden Expressway, covering report years 2020–2022. Site EUI moved from 106.8 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 104.4 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 876 tCO₂e to 941 tCO₂e over the same span (up 7%).
What does a site EUI of 104.4 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. 4950 Almaden Expressway's 104.4 kBtu/ft² across 137,277 sq ft works out to about 14.3 billion Btu (4,200 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 3,114,657 kWh of electricity and 40,102 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 4950 Almaden Expressway to report its energy use?
4950 Almaden Expressway 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:15961000:2022). 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 4950 Almaden Expressway's energy grade?
4950 Almaden Expressway did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 104.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 4950 Almaden Expressway use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 104.4 kBtu/ft² across 137,277 sq ft, including 3,114,657 kWh of electricity and 40,102 therms of natural gas.
What are 4950 Almaden Expressway's carbon emissions?
4950 Almaden Expressway reported 941 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is 4950 Almaden Expressway?
4950 Almaden Expressway is at 4950 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, in San Jose, California 95118. Its coordinates are 37.26103, -121.87630 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 4950 Almaden Expressway and when was it built?
4950 Almaden Expressway has 137,277 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is 4950 Almaden Expressway covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “4950 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/4950-almaden-expressway-cb542874 (data as of July 9, 2026).