Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)
Strip Mall in San Diego, CA · 12955 El Camino Real
At a glance
Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) is a 115,224-square-foot strip mall building at 12955 El Camino Real in San Diego, California, built in 2002. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 33.0 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 33.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 115,224 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:102039:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 33.0 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2021 | — | 27.6 kBtu/ft² | — |
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
- 12955 El Camino Real
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) compare with other strip mall buildings in San Diego?
The latest disclosures cover 34 strip mall buildings in San Diego, out of 2,567 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 33.0 kBtu/ft² is about 43% below the average of 58.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 115,224 sq ft, it is about 12% below the average floor area of 130,327 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2002, 19 years later than the group's average year built (1983). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².
How has Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525), covering report years 2021–2022. Site EUI moved from 27.6 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 33.0 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 20% increase.
What does a site EUI of 33.0 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. Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)'s 33.0 kBtu/ft² across 115,224 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,114 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) to report its energy use?
Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) 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:102039:2022). 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 Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)'s energy grade?
Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 33.0 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 33.0 kBtu/ft² across 115,224 sq ft.
What are Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)'s carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525)?
Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) is at 12955 El Camino Real, in San Diego, California.
How big is Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) and when was it built?
Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) has 115,224 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2002 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525) 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, “Del Mar Highlands Town Center I (12955 - 3525), San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/del-mar-highlands-town-center-i-12955-3525-0fe42cb9 (data as of July 9, 2026).