Vintage Tower
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 235 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose · 95113
At a glance
Vintage Tower is a 58,419-square-foot multifamily housing building at 235 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose in San Jose, California, built in 1928. In its 2019 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 38 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 41.4 kBtu/ft² and 160 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 7% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2019
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 38 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 41.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 160 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 490,429 kWh |
| Natural gas | 8,013 therms |
| Gross floor area | 58,419 sq ft |
| Source record | california:11565452:2019 |
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
- 235 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95113
- Coordinates
- 37.33854, -121.88558
Within ~1 km
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How does Vintage Tower 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. Vintage Tower's ENERGY STAR score of 38 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 41.4 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 31% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 58,419 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 60 years earlier 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 38 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 38 means the building performs better than about 38% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 38 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 37 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. Vintage Tower's 41.4 kBtu/ft² across 58,419 sq ft works out to about 2.4 billion Btu (709 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 490,429 kWh of electricity and 8,013 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Vintage Tower to report its energy use?
Vintage Tower 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:11565452:2019). 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 Vintage Tower's energy grade?
Vintage Tower scores 38 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2019 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Vintage Tower use?
Its 2019 site energy-use intensity was 41.4 kBtu/ft² across 58,419 sq ft, including 490,429 kWh of electricity and 8,013 therms of natural gas.
What are Vintage Tower's carbon emissions?
Vintage Tower reported 160 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2019.
Where is Vintage Tower?
Vintage Tower is at 235 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, in San Jose, California 95113. Its coordinates are 37.33854, -121.88558 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Vintage Tower and when was it built?
Vintage Tower has 58,419 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2019 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1928 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Vintage Tower covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2019 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, “Vintage Tower, San Jose, California — 2019 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/vintage-tower-44baa7b1 (data as of July 9, 2026).