1720 Ringwood Ave

How does 1720 Ringwood Ave compare with other medical office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 22 medical office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 1720 Ringwood Ave's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 76 across the 19 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 32.8 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 63.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 27,462 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 43,903 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 15 years later than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 1720 Ringwood Ave's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 1720 Ringwood Ave, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2020 to 96 in 2024 (+17 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 98. Site EUI moved from 35.1 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 32.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 55 tCO₂e to 58 tCO₂e over the same span (up 5%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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 José, 69% 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. 1720 Ringwood Ave's 32.8 kBtu/ft² across 27,462 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (264 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 81.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 217,051 kWh of electricity, 1,614 therms of natural gas and 182 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1720 Ringwood Ave to report its energy use?

1720 Ringwood Ave reports under San José Municipal Code Ch. 17.85 (Energy and Water Building Performance Ordinance), the legal basis of San José's Energy and Water Building Performance Ordinance, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2024 disclosure (source record san_jose:0749-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.