Torrey Hills Shopping Center
Strip Mall in California, CA · 4627 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego · 92130
At a glance
Torrey Hills Shopping Center is a 90,790-square-foot strip mall building at 4627 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego in San Diego, California, built in 2000. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 167.9 kBtu/ft² and 971 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 167.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 971 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 10.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 2,791,410 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 90,790 sq ft |
| Source record | california:20594980:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 167.9 kBtu/ft² | 971 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 136.5 kBtu/ft² | 746 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 157.5 kBtu/ft² | 838 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 155.8 kBtu/ft² | 767 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
- 4627 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 92130
- Coordinates
- 32.92061, -117.21495
Within ~1 km
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How does Torrey Hills Shopping Center 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 167.9 kBtu/ft² is about 123% 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 10.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 128% above the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 90,790 sq ft, it is about 28% below the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 15 years later 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 Torrey Hills Shopping Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for Torrey Hills Shopping Center, covering report years 2021–2024. Site EUI moved from 155.8 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 167.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 8% increase. Reported emissions went from 767 tCO₂e to 971 tCO₂e over the same span (up 27%).
What does a site EUI of 167.9 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. Torrey Hills Shopping Center's 167.9 kBtu/ft² across 90,790 sq ft works out to about 15.2 billion Btu (4,467 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 2,791,410 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Torrey Hills Shopping Center to report its energy use?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center 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:20594980:2024). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Torrey Hills Shopping Center's energy grade?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 167.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Torrey Hills Shopping Center use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 167.9 kBtu/ft² across 90,790 sq ft, including 2,791,410 kWh of electricity.
What are Torrey Hills Shopping Center's carbon emissions?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center reported 971 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (10.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Torrey Hills Shopping Center?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center is at 4627 Carmel Mountain Road, San Diego, in San Diego, California 92130. Its coordinates are 32.92061, -117.21495 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Torrey Hills Shopping Center and when was it built?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center has 90,790 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2000 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Torrey Hills Shopping Center covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “Torrey Hills Shopping Center, San Diego, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/torrey-hills-shopping-center-84d72277 (data as of July 9, 2026).