Torrey Hills Shopping Center
Strip Mall in San Diego, CA · 4627 Carmel Mountain Rd
At a glance
Torrey Hills Shopping Center is a 90,792-square-foot strip mall building at 4627 Carmel Mountain Rd in San Diego, California, built in 2000. In its 2022 San Diego benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 149.1 kBtu/ft².
Building Energy Benchmarking Ordinance (SDMC Ch. 14 Art. 12) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 149.1 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | — |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Gross floor area | 90,792 sq ft |
| Source record | san_diego:100662:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 149.1 kBtu/ft² | — | |
| 2021 | — | 147.2 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
- 4627 Carmel Mountain Rd
- City
- San Diego
- State
- California
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
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How does Torrey Hills Shopping Center 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 149.1 kBtu/ft² is about 156% above the average of 58.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.
At 90,792 sq ft, it is about 30% below the average floor area of 130,327 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 17 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 Torrey Hills Shopping Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 San Diego disclosures for Torrey Hills Shopping Center, covering report years 2021–2022. Site EUI moved from 147.2 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 149.1 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 1% increase.
What does a site EUI of 149.1 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. Torrey Hills Shopping Center's 149.1 kBtu/ft² across 90,792 sq ft works out to about 13.5 billion Btu (3,967 MWh-equivalent) in 2022.
Which law requires Torrey Hills Shopping Center to report its energy use?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center 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:100662:2022). 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 Torrey Hills Shopping Center's energy grade?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 149.1 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Torrey Hills Shopping Center use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 149.1 kBtu/ft² across 90,792 sq ft.
What are Torrey Hills Shopping Center's carbon emissions?
No greenhouse-gas emissions figure was reported for 2022.
Where is Torrey Hills Shopping Center?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center is at 4627 Carmel Mountain Rd, in San Diego, California.
How big is Torrey Hills Shopping Center and when was it built?
Torrey Hills Shopping Center has 90,792 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 2000 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is Torrey Hills Shopping Center 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, “Torrey Hills Shopping Center, San Diego, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-diego/torrey-hills-shopping-center-fc223ec5 (data as of July 9, 2026).