Sun Garden
Strip Mall in California, CA · 1450 - 1472 Monterey Rd, San Jose · 95112
At a glance
Sun Garden is a 74,022-square-foot strip mall building at 1450 - 1472 Monterey Rd, San Jose in San Jose, California, built in 1975. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 127.7 kBtu/ft² and 621 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 127.7 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 621 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,607,364 kWh |
| Natural gas | 46,082 therms |
| Gross floor area | 74,022 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6354390:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 127.7 kBtu/ft² | 621 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 75.3 kBtu/ft² | 334 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 79.8 kBtu/ft² | 391 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 78.9 kBtu/ft² | 412 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 69.1 kBtu/ft² | 361 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
- 1450 - 1472 Monterey Rd, San Jose
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95112
- Coordinates
- 37.31623, -121.87112
Within ~1 km
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How does Sun Garden 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 127.7 kBtu/ft² is about 70% 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 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 79% above the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 74,022 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1975, 10 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.
How has Sun Garden's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for Sun Garden, covering report years 2018–2022. Site EUI moved from 69.1 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 127.7 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 85% increase. Reported emissions went from 361 tCO₂e to 621 tCO₂e over the same span (up 72%).
What does a site EUI of 127.7 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. Sun Garden's 127.7 kBtu/ft² across 74,022 sq ft works out to about 9.5 billion Btu (2,770 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 1,607,364 kWh of electricity and 46,082 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Sun Garden to report its energy use?
Sun Garden 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:6354390:2022). 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 Sun Garden's energy grade?
Sun Garden did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 127.7 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Sun Garden use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 127.7 kBtu/ft² across 74,022 sq ft, including 1,607,364 kWh of electricity and 46,082 therms of natural gas.
What are Sun Garden's carbon emissions?
Sun Garden reported 621 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (8.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is Sun Garden?
Sun Garden is at 1450 - 1472 Monterey Rd, San Jose, in San Jose, California 95112. Its coordinates are 37.31623, -121.87112 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Sun Garden and when was it built?
Sun Garden has 74,022 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1975 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Sun Garden 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, “Sun Garden, San Jose, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/sun-garden-7e2ac30a (data as of July 9, 2026).