525 Olive (ol000)
Multifamily Housing in San Diego, CA · 525 Olive St
At a glance
525 Olive (ol000) is a 215,835-square-foot multifamily housing building at 525 Olive St in San Diego, California, built in 2022. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 99 out of 100 (grade A) and a site energy-use intensity of 18.9 kBtu/ft². That score is higher than 51% of the 383 scored multifamily housing buildings in San Diego.
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 99 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 18.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 215,835 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:102369:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | 99 | 18.9 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | — |
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
- 525 Olive St
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does 525 Olive (ol000) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 469 multifamily housing buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. 525 Olive (ol000)'s ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 90 across the 383 that report a score; it scores higher than 51% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 18.9 kBtu/ft² is about 28% below the average of 26.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 215,835 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 203,251 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2022, 28 years later than the group's average year built (1994). 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.
How has 525 Olive (ol000)'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for 525 Olive (ol000), covering report years 2021–2022. Only one of those years carries energy figures.
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. In San Diego, 73% 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. 525 Olive (ol000)'s 18.9 kBtu/ft² across 215,835 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,196 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires 525 Olive (ol000) to report its energy use?
525 Olive (ol000) 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:102369:2022). 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 525 Olive (ol000)'s energy grade?
525 Olive (ol000) scores 99 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2022 San Diego disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does 525 Olive (ol000) use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 18.9 kBtu/ft² across 215,835 sq ft.
What are 525 Olive (ol000)'s carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is 525 Olive (ol000)?
525 Olive (ol000) is at 525 Olive St, in San Diego, California.
How big is 525 Olive (ol000) and when was it built?
525 Olive (ol000) has 215,835 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2022 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 525 Olive (ol000) 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, “525 Olive (ol000), San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/525-olive-ol000-0498447e (data as of July 9, 2026).