334 Santana Row

How does 334 Santana Row compare with other strip mall buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 76 strip mall buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 93.4 kBtu/ft² is about 17% below the average of 113.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 35,566 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 59,939 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 17 years later than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,607 strip mall buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 83.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 334 Santana Row's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 334 Santana Row, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 90 in 2018 to 86 in 2019 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 90. Site EUI moved from 15.7 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 93.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 495% increase. Reported emissions went from 259 tCO₂e to 220 tCO₂e over the same span (down 15%).

What does a site EUI of 93.4 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. 334 Santana Row's 93.4 kBtu/ft² across 35,566 sq ft works out to about 3.3 billion Btu (974 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 261.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 971,075 kWh of electricity, 98 therms of natural gas and 5,761 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 334 Santana Row to report its energy use?

334 Santana Row 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:1087-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.