5140 Cherry Ave
Strip Mall in California, CA · 5140 Cherry Avenue, San Jose · 95118
At a glance
5140 Cherry Ave is a 53,327-square-foot strip mall building at 5140 Cherry Avenue, San Jose in San Jose, California, built in 2017. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 47.7 kBtu/ft² and 174 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 47.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 174 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 725,897 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 53,327 sq ft |
| Source record | california:11234326:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 47.7 kBtu/ft² | 174 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 46.2 kBtu/ft² | 170 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 45.7 kBtu/ft² | 165 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 49.0 kBtu/ft² | 155 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 48.4 kBtu/ft² | 170 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 51.7 kBtu/ft² | 179 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
- 5140 Cherry Avenue, San Jose
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95118
- Coordinates
- 37.25751, -121.87432
Within ~1 km
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How does 5140 Cherry Ave 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 47.7 kBtu/ft² is about 37% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 53,327 sq ft, it is about 58% below the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 32 years later 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 5140 Cherry Ave's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 5140 Cherry Ave, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 51.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 47.7 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 179 tCO₂e to 174 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).
What does a site EUI of 47.7 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. 5140 Cherry Ave's 47.7 kBtu/ft² across 53,327 sq ft works out to about 2.5 billion Btu (745 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 725,897 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 5140 Cherry Ave to report its energy use?
5140 Cherry Ave 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:11234326:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 5140 Cherry Ave's energy grade?
5140 Cherry Ave did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 47.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 5140 Cherry Ave use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 47.7 kBtu/ft² across 53,327 sq ft, including 725,897 kWh of electricity.
What are 5140 Cherry Ave's carbon emissions?
5140 Cherry Ave reported 174 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (3.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 5140 Cherry Ave?
5140 Cherry Ave is at 5140 Cherry Avenue, San Jose, in San Jose, California 95118. Its coordinates are 37.25751, -121.87432 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 5140 Cherry Ave and when was it built?
5140 Cherry Ave has 53,327 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2017 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is 5140 Cherry Ave covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “5140 Cherry Ave, San Jose, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/5140-cherry-ave-aa8d6f3a (data as of July 9, 2026).