5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd

How does 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd compare with other financial office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 5 financial office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd's ENERGY STAR score of 75 compares with an average of 79 across the 5 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 62.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 61.5 kBtu/ft².

At 36,432 sq ft, it is about 13% below the average floor area of 41,730 sq ft for those buildings. Its 2001 construction date is close to the group's average year built (1999). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 161 financial office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 72 and a site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 San José disclosures for 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 60 in 2019 to 75 in 2024 (+15 points). Site EUI moved from 74.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 62.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 146 tCO₂e to 141 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 means the building performs better than about 75% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 75 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd's 62.9 kBtu/ft² across 36,432 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (672 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 137.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 436,780 kWh of electricity, 8,002 therms of natural gas and 345 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5890 Silver Creek Valley Rd to report its energy use?

5890 Silver Creek Valley 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:1995-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.