Clairemont Town Square
Strip Mall in California, CA · 4821 Clairemont Dr, San Diego · 92117
At a glance
Clairemont Town Square is a 515,500-square-foot strip mall building at 4821 Clairemont Dr, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1950. In its 2018 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 101.6 kBtu/ft² and 3,411 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2018
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 101.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 3,411 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 10,700,487 kWh |
| Natural gas | 157,985 therms |
| Gross floor area | 515,500 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6355765:2018 |
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
- 4821 Clairemont Dr, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92117
- Coordinates
- 32.83116, -117.20573
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
- Clairemont Town Squarescore —
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- 4723-4735 Clairemont Drivescore —
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- 4821-4839 Clairemont Drivescore —
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- 4911-4971 Clairemont Drivescore —
Strip Mall · 56,809 sq ft
- 4615-4665 Clairemont Drivescore —
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How does Clairemont Town Square 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 101.6 kBtu/ft² is about 35% 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 6.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 40% above the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 515,500 sq ft, it is about 310% above the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1950, 35 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.
What does a site EUI of 101.6 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. Clairemont Town Square's 101.6 kBtu/ft² across 515,500 sq ft works out to about 52.4 billion Btu (15,350 MWh-equivalent) in 2018. The disclosure also reports 10,700,487 kWh of electricity and 157,985 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Clairemont Town Square to report its energy use?
Clairemont Town Square 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 2018 disclosure (source record california:6355765:2018). 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 Clairemont Town Square's energy grade?
Clairemont Town Square did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2018 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 101.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Clairemont Town Square use?
Its 2018 site energy-use intensity was 101.6 kBtu/ft² across 515,500 sq ft, including 10,700,487 kWh of electricity and 157,985 therms of natural gas.
What are Clairemont Town Square's carbon emissions?
Clairemont Town Square reported 3,411 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2018.
Where is Clairemont Town Square?
Clairemont Town Square is at 4821 Clairemont Dr, 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 Clairemont Town Square and when was it built?
Clairemont Town Square has 515,500 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2018 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1950 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Clairemont Town Square covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2018 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, “Clairemont Town Square, San Diego, California — 2018 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/clairemont-town-square-b77374e4 (data as of July 9, 2026).