333 W Santa Clara St

How does 333 W Santa Clara St compare with other office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 408 office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 333 W Santa Clara St's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 67 across the 283 that report a score; it scores higher than 31% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 67.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft².

At 234,935 sq ft, it is about 146% above the average floor area of 95,555 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1983, 3 years earlier than 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 333 W Santa Clara St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 333 W Santa Clara St, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 81 in 2019 to 63 in 2024 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 84. Site EUI moved from 71.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 67.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 911 tCO₂e to 942 tCO₂e over the same span (up 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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. 333 W Santa Clara St's 67.5 kBtu/ft² across 234,935 sq ft works out to about 15.9 billion Btu (4,648 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 127.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,211,611 kWh of electricity, 83,005 therms of natural gas and 2,674 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 333 W Santa Clara St to report its energy use?

333 W Santa Clara St 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:0912-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.