11388 Sorrento Valley Road
Laboratory in San Diego, CA
At a glance
11388 Sorrento Valley Road is a 35,940-square-foot laboratory building in San Diego, California, built in 1982. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 196.8 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 196.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 35,940 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:686003:2022 |
Compliance context
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)
San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.
Ownership
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Location
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
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How does 11388 Sorrento Valley Road compare with other laboratory buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 67 laboratory buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 196.8 kBtu/ft² is about 23% below the average of 254.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 35,940 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 121,672 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1982, 10 years earlier than the group's average year built (1992). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 795 laboratory buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 29 and a site EUI of 231.7 kBtu/ft².
What does a site EUI of 196.8 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. 11388 Sorrento Valley Road's 196.8 kBtu/ft² across 35,940 sq ft works out to about 7.1 billion Btu (2,073 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires 11388 Sorrento Valley Road to report its energy use?
11388 Sorrento Valley Road reports under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12), the legal basis of San Diego's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record san_diego:686003:2022). San Diego's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 50,000 sq ft, with civil penalties for buildings that fail to report.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 11388 Sorrento Valley Road's energy grade?
11388 Sorrento Valley Road did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 196.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 11388 Sorrento Valley Road use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 196.8 kBtu/ft² across 35,940 sq ft.
What are 11388 Sorrento Valley Road's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is 11388 Sorrento Valley Road?
11388 Sorrento Valley Road is in San Diego, California.
How big is 11388 Sorrento Valley Road and when was it built?
11388 Sorrento Valley Road has 35,940 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1982 as its year built. It is classed as laboratory.
Is 11388 Sorrento Valley Road covered by the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “11388 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/11388-sorrento-valley-road-abe51241 (data as of July 9, 2026).