4055 Evergreen Village Sq

How does 4055 Evergreen Village Sq compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 9 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 4055 Evergreen Village Sq's ENERGY STAR score of 27 compares with an average of 67 across the 8 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 156.6 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 76.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 40,950 sq ft, it is about 56% below the average floor area of 93,154 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 9 years later than the group's average year built (2004). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 4055 Evergreen Village Sq's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 4055 Evergreen Village Sq, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 14 in 2021 to 27 in 2024 (+13 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 28. Site EUI moved from 181.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 156.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 489 tCO₂e to 401 tCO₂e over the same span (down 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 27 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 27 means the building performs better than about 27% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 27 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 48 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. 4055 Evergreen Village Sq's 156.6 kBtu/ft² across 40,950 sq ft works out to about 6.4 billion Btu (1,879 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 357.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,324,443 kWh of electricity, 18,957 therms of natural gas and 1,034 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 4055 Evergreen Village Sq to report its energy use?

4055 Evergreen Village Sq 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:1929-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.