San Jose Conservation Corps (1560 Berger)

How does San Jose Conservation Corps (1560 Berger) compare with other mixed use property buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 294 mixed use property buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 9.2 kBtu/ft² is about 87% below the average of 70.9 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 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 75,610 sq ft, it is about 62% below the average floor area of 200,559 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 3 years later than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 9.2 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. San Jose Conservation Corps (1560 Berger)'s 9.2 kBtu/ft² across 75,610 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (204 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 78,807 kWh of electricity for the year.

Which law requires San Jose Conservation Corps (1560 Berger) to report its energy use?

San Jose Conservation Corps (1560 Berger) 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:16408782:2024). 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.