90 Skyport Dr

How does 90 Skyport Dr compare with other office buildings in San José?

The latest disclosures cover 408 office buildings in San José, out of 1,790 buildings citywide. 90 Skyport Dr's ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 67 across the 283 that report a score; it scores higher than 20% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 61.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 35,251 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 95,555 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2001, 15 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 90 Skyport Dr's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 San José disclosures for 90 Skyport Dr, covering report years 2018–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 40 in 2021 to 36 in 2024 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 40. Site EUI moved from 56.7 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 61.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 9% increase. Reported emissions went from 127 tCO₂e to 131 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. 90 Skyport Dr's 61.6 kBtu/ft² across 35,251 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (636 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 124.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 354,793 kWh of electricity, 9,595 therms of natural gas and 4,083 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 90 Skyport Dr to report its energy use?

90 Skyport 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:0322-0-02:2024). San José's BPO requires buildings over 20,000 sq ft to benchmark annually and complete beyond-benchmarking performance improvements on a rolling schedule.