450 W Santa Clara St

How does 450 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. Its site EUI of 42.5 kBtu/ft² is about 35% below the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 22,080 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 95,555 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1999, 13 years later 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 450 W Santa Clara St's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 450 W Santa Clara St, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 17.3 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 42.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 146% increase. Reported emissions went from 91 tCO₂e to 57 tCO₂e over the same span (down 37%).

What does a site EUI of 42.5 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. 450 W Santa Clara St's 42.5 kBtu/ft² across 22,080 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (275 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 89.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 166,071 kWh of electricity, 3,712 therms of natural gas and 128 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 450 W Santa Clara St to report its energy use?

450 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:0913-1-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.