1979 Monterey Rd

How does 1979 Monterey Rd compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 9 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 1979 Monterey Rd's ENERGY STAR score of 83 compares with an average of 67 across the 8 that report a score; it scores higher than 50% of them and lower than 38%. Its site EUI of 6.6 kBtu/ft² is about 91% below the average of 76.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 77,160 sq ft, it is about 17% below the average floor area of 93,154 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 4 years earlier than the group's average year built (2004). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 1979 Monterey Rd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 1979 Monterey Rd, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 78 in 2022 to 83 in 2024 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 84. Site EUI moved from 6.8 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 6.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 3% decrease. Reported emissions went from 17 tCO₂e to 15 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 83 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 83 means the building performs better than about 83% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 83 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. 1979 Monterey Rd's 6.6 kBtu/ft² across 77,160 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (149 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 11.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 148,469 kWh of electricity and 196 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1979 Monterey Rd to report its energy use?

1979 Monterey Rd 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:1444-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.