Walsh Bowers - Building 2790
Office in California, CA · 2790 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara · 95051
At a glance
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 is a 61,500-square-foot office building at 2790 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California, built in 1980. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 238.3 kBtu/ft² and 944 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 238.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 944 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 15.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 3,794,014 kWh |
| Natural gas | 15,946 therms |
| Gross floor area | 61,500 sq ft |
| Source record | california:53390592:2024 |
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
- 2790 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 95051
- Coordinates
- 37.37373, -121.97701
Within ~1 km
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How does Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 compare with other office buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 6,214 office buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 238.3 kBtu/ft² is about 323% above the average of 56.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 15.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 326% above the group average of 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 61,500 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 151,937 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 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 238.3 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. Walsh Bowers - Building 2790's 238.3 kBtu/ft² across 61,500 sq ft works out to about 14.7 billion Btu (4,295 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 3,794,014 kWh of electricity and 15,946 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 to report its energy use?
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 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:53390592:2024). 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 Walsh Bowers - Building 2790's energy grade?
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 238.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 238.3 kBtu/ft² across 61,500 sq ft, including 3,794,014 kWh of electricity and 15,946 therms of natural gas.
What are Walsh Bowers - Building 2790's carbon emissions?
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 reported 944 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (15.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Walsh Bowers - Building 2790?
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 is at 2790 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, in Santa Clara, California 95051. Its coordinates are 37.37373, -121.97701 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 and when was it built?
Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 has 61,500 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is Walsh Bowers - Building 2790 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, “Walsh Bowers - Building 2790, Santa Clara, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/walsh-bowers-building-2790-828cf0f1 (data as of July 9, 2026).