At a glance
3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. is a 11,152-square-foot office building at 3978 Sorrento Valley Blvd in San Diego, California, built in 1980. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 2.0 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 2.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 11,152 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:102434:2022 |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 3978 Sorrento Valley Blvd
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. compare with other office buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 356 office buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 2.0 kBtu/ft² is about 96% below the average of 54.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 11,152 sq ft, it is about 91% below the average floor area of 130,949 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 11 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). 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 2.0 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. 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd.'s 2.0 kBtu/ft² across 11,152 sq ft works out to about 0 billion Btu (7 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. to report its energy use?
3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. 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:102434:2022). 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 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd.'s energy grade?
3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 2.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 2.0 kBtu/ft² across 11,152 sq ft.
What are 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd.'s carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd.?
3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. is at 3978 Sorrento Valley Blvd, in San Diego, California.
How big is 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. and when was it built?
3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. has 11,152 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is 3978 Sorento Valley Blvd. 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, “3978 Sorento Valley Blvd., San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/3978-sorento-valley-blvd-7655b62f (data as of July 9, 2026).