5450 Kearny Mesa Rd
Self-Storage Facility in San Diego, CA
At a glance
5450 Kearny Mesa Rd is a 67,362-square-foot self-storage facility in San Diego, California, built in 1980. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 1.8 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 1.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 67,362 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:102017:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 1.8 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
- 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
- Coordinates
- 32.83554, -117.14182
Within ~1 km
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How does 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd compare with other self-storage facility buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 56 self-storage facility buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 1.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 3.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 67,362 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 292,875 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 13 years earlier than the group's average year built (1993). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,050 self-storage facility buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 75 and a site EUI of 9.4 kBtu/ft².
How has 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd, covering report years 2021–2022. Only one of those years carries energy figures.
What does a site EUI of 1.8 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. 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd's 1.8 kBtu/ft² across 67,362 sq ft works out to about 0.1 billion Btu (36 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd to report its energy use?
5450 Kearny Mesa Rd 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:102017:2022). 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 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd's energy grade?
5450 Kearny Mesa Rd did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 1.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 1.8 kBtu/ft² across 67,362 sq ft.
What are 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd?
5450 Kearny Mesa Rd is in San Diego, California. Its coordinates are 32.83554, -117.14182 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd and when was it built?
5450 Kearny Mesa Rd has 67,362 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as self-storage facility.
Is 5450 Kearny Mesa Rd 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, “5450 Kearny Mesa Rd, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/5450-kearny-mesa-rd-b7ce7c91 (data as of July 9, 2026).