775 Ridder Park Dr

How does 775 Ridder Park Dr 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. 775 Ridder Park Dr's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 67 across the 8 that report a score; it scores higher than 63% of them and lower than 25%. Its site EUI of 41.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 76.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 138,140 sq ft, it is about 48% above the average floor area of 93,154 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 4 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 775 Ridder Park Dr's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 775 Ridder Park Dr, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 23 in 2021 to 90 in 2024 (+67 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 90. Site EUI moved from 70.5 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 41.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 41% decrease. Reported emissions went from 405 tCO₂e to 366 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. 775 Ridder Park Dr's 41.6 kBtu/ft² across 138,140 sq ft works out to about 5.7 billion Btu (1,684 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 100.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,326,893 kWh of electricity, 12,259 therms of natural gas and 2,677 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 775 Ridder Park Dr to report its energy use?

775 Ridder Park Dr 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:0439-0-00:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.