2400 Samaritan Pl

How does 2400 Samaritan Pl 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. 2400 Samaritan Pl's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 76 across the 19 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 90.3 kBtu/ft² is about 42% above the average of 63.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 23,060 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 43,903 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 9 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 2400 Samaritan Pl's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 2400 Samaritan Pl, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 9 in 2019 to 50 in 2024 (+41 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 63. Site EUI moved from 122.4 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 90.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 26% decrease. Reported emissions went from 87 tCO₂e to 128 tCO₂e over the same span (up 46%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. 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. 2400 Samaritan Pl's 90.3 kBtu/ft² across 23,060 sq ft works out to about 2.1 billion Btu (610 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 192.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 377,228 kWh of electricity, 7,943 therms of natural gas and 988 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 2400 Samaritan Pl to report its energy use?

2400 Samaritan Pl 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:1342-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.