3550 Stevens Creek Blvd

How does 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd compare with other office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 408 office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd's ENERGY STAR score of 19 compares with an average of 67 across the 283 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 95.0 kBtu/ft² is about 46% above the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 37,840 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 95,555 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1963, 23 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 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 8 in 2019 to 19 in 2024 (+11 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 22. Site EUI moved from 106.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 95.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 11% decrease. Reported emissions went from 236 tCO₂e to 218 tCO₂e over the same span (down 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 19 means the building performs better than about 19% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 19 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 56 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. 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd's 95.0 kBtu/ft² across 37,840 sq ft works out to about 3.6 billion Btu (1,054 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 195.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 605,035 kWh of electricity, 15,297 therms of natural gas and 1,126 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3550 Stevens Creek Blvd to report its energy use?

3550 Stevens Creek Blvd 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:1233-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.