Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr
Strip Mall in California, CA · 8895 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego · 92122
At a glance
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr is a 51,514-square-foot strip mall building at 8895 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 1980. In its 2021 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 9.0 kBtu/ft² and 25 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2021
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 9.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 25 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 5,880 kWh |
| Natural gas | 4,362 therms |
| Gross floor area | 51,514 sq ft |
| Source record | california:21202122:2021 |
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
- 8895 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92122
- Coordinates
- 32.86906, -117.20693
Within ~1 km
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How does Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr 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 9.0 kBtu/ft² is about 88% 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 0.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 89% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 51,514 sq ft, it is about 59% below 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.
What does a site EUI of 9.0 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. Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr's 9.0 kBtu/ft² across 51,514 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (136 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. The disclosure also reports 5,880 kWh of electricity and 4,362 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr to report its energy use?
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr 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 2021 disclosure (source record california:21202122:2021). 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 Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr's energy grade?
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2021 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 9.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr use?
Its 2021 site energy-use intensity was 9.0 kBtu/ft² across 51,514 sq ft, including 5,880 kWh of electricity and 4,362 therms of natural gas.
What are Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr's carbon emissions?
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr reported 25 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2021.
Where is Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr?
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr is at 8895 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92122. Its coordinates are 32.86906, -117.20693 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr and when was it built?
Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr has 51,514 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2021 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2021 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, “Renaissance Towne Centre - 8895 Towne Centre Dr, San Diego, California — 2021 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/renaissance-towne-centre-8895-towne-centre-dr-f90534ce (data as of July 9, 2026).