Leigh Ave Senior Apartments
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 1690 Southwest Expressway, San Jose · 95126
At a glance
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments is a 52,670-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1690 Southwest Expressway, San Jose in San Jose, California, built in 2020. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 85 out of 100 (grade A), a site energy-use intensity of 26.4 kBtu/ft² and 91 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 38% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 85 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 26.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 91 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 252,349 kWh |
| Natural gas | 5,992 therms |
| Gross floor area | 52,670 sq ft |
| Source record | california:28034832:2022 |
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
- 1690 Southwest Expressway, San Jose
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95126
- Coordinates
- 37.30660, -121.92120
Within ~1 km
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How does Leigh Ave Senior Apartments compare with other multifamily housing buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 10,630 multifamily housing buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Leigh Ave Senior Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 85 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 60%. Its site EUI of 26.4 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 52,670 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 32 years later than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 85 mean?
ENERGY STAR scores run from 1 to 100 and are computed by the EPA's Portfolio Manager as a percentile against similar buildings nationwide, adjusted for climate, size and use: a score of 85 means the building performs better than about 85% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 85 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In California, 65% of scored buildings are at 75 or above.
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. Leigh Ave Senior Apartments's 26.4 kBtu/ft² across 52,670 sq ft works out to about 1.4 billion Btu (408 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 252,349 kWh of electricity and 5,992 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Leigh Ave Senior Apartments to report its energy use?
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments 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:28034832:2022). 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 Leigh Ave Senior Apartments's energy grade?
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments scores 85 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2022 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Leigh Ave Senior Apartments use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 26.4 kBtu/ft² across 52,670 sq ft, including 252,349 kWh of electricity and 5,992 therms of natural gas.
What are Leigh Ave Senior Apartments's carbon emissions?
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments reported 91 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Leigh Ave Senior Apartments?
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments is at 1690 Southwest Expressway, San Jose, in San Jose, California 95126. Its coordinates are 37.30660, -121.92120 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Leigh Ave Senior Apartments and when was it built?
Leigh Ave Senior Apartments has 52,670 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2020 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Leigh Ave Senior Apartments 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, “Leigh Ave Senior Apartments, San Jose, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/leigh-ave-senior-apartments-a10a97c7 (data as of July 9, 2026).