461 Blossom Hill Rd

How does 461 Blossom Hill Rd 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 152.5 kBtu/ft² is about 35% above the average of 113.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 28,488 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 59,939 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 5 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 461 Blossom Hill Rd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 461 Blossom Hill Rd, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 167.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 152.5 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 261 tCO₂e to 247 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).

What does a site EUI of 152.5 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. 461 Blossom Hill Rd's 152.5 kBtu/ft² across 28,488 sq ft works out to about 4.3 billion Btu (1,273 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 234.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 354,703 kWh of electricity, 31,354 therms of natural gas and 2,893 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 461 Blossom Hill Rd to report its energy use?

461 Blossom Hill Rd 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:1550-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.