2630 Orchard Parkway

How does 2630 Orchard Parkway compare with other office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 408 office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 2630 Orchard Parkway's ENERGY STAR score of 94 compares with an average of 67 across the 283 that report a score; it scores higher than 82% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 59.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 64,333 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 95,555 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1984 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1986). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 2630 Orchard Parkway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 2630 Orchard Parkway, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score was 94 in both 2022 and 2024. Site EUI moved from 48.8 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 59.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 21% increase. Reported emissions went from 209 tCO₂e to 225 tCO₂e over the same span (up 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 94 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 94 means the building performs better than about 94% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 94 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. 2630 Orchard Parkway's 59.2 kBtu/ft² across 64,333 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,116 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 108.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 500,894 kWh of electricity, 21,011 therms of natural gas and 3,777 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 2630 Orchard Parkway to report its energy use?

2630 Orchard Parkway 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:0228-0-01:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.