3751 Charter Park Ct

How does 3751 Charter Park Ct compare with other manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 70 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 28.6 kBtu/ft² is about 75% below the average of 116.5 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 25,448 sq ft, it is about 65% below the average floor area of 71,959 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1991, 5 years later than the group's average year built (1986). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,372 manufacturing/industrial plant buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 67 and a site EUI of 126.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 3751 Charter Park Ct's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 3751 Charter Park Ct, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 18.0 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 28.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 59% increase. Reported emissions went from 45 tCO₂e to 47 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does a site EUI of 28.6 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. 3751 Charter Park Ct's 28.6 kBtu/ft² across 25,448 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (213 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 72.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 182,453 kWh of electricity, 1,046 therms of natural gas and 624 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 3751 Charter Park Ct to report its energy use?

3751 Charter Park Ct 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:1540-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.