1600 Donner Ave.
Refrigerated Warehouse in California, CA · 1600 Donner Avenue, San Francisco · 94124
At a glance
1600 Donner Ave. is a 135,328-square-foot refrigerated warehouse at 1600 Donner Avenue, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1968. In its 2023 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 39.3 kBtu/ft² and 377 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 39.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 377 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,558,660 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 135,328 sq ft |
| Source record | california:4487857:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | — | 39.3 kBtu/ft² | 377 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 42.9 kBtu/ft² | 397 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 45.9 kBtu/ft² | 425 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 51.1 kBtu/ft² | 423 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | 46 | -3 | 48.1 kBtu/ft² | 435 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 49 | 45.6 kBtu/ft² | 434 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
AB 802 requires every California commercial building over 50,000 sq ft to report energy use to the CEC annually; the CEC publicly discloses the results statewide.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1600 Donner Avenue, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94124
- Coordinates
- 37.72405, -122.39306
Within ~1 km
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How does 1600 Donner Ave. compare with other refrigerated warehouse buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 297 refrigerated warehouse buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 39.3 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 71.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 39% below the group average of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 135,328 sq ft, it is about 29% below the average floor area of 189,524 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1968, 23 years earlier than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 472 refrigerated warehouse buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 52 and a site EUI of 76.3 kBtu/ft².
How has 1600 Donner Ave.'s energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 1600 Donner Ave., covering report years 2018–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 49 in 2018 to 46 in 2019 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 49. Site EUI moved from 45.6 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 39.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 434 tCO₂e to 377 tCO₂e over the same span (down 13%).
What does a site EUI of 39.3 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. 1600 Donner Ave.'s 39.3 kBtu/ft² across 135,328 sq ft works out to about 5.3 billion Btu (1,559 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. The disclosure also reports 1,558,660 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 1600 Donner Ave. to report its energy use?
1600 Donner Ave. reports under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10), the legal basis of California's Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide), which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record california:4487857:2023). AB 802 requires every California commercial building over 50,000 sq ft to report energy use to the CEC annually; the CEC publicly discloses the results statewide.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 1600 Donner Ave.'s energy grade?
1600 Donner Ave. did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 39.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 1600 Donner Ave. use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 39.3 kBtu/ft² across 135,328 sq ft, including 1,558,660 kWh of electricity.
What are 1600 Donner Ave.'s carbon emissions?
1600 Donner Ave. reported 377 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.8 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is 1600 Donner Ave.?
1600 Donner Ave. is at 1600 Donner Avenue, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94124. Its coordinates are 37.72405, -122.39306 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 1600 Donner Ave. and when was it built?
1600 Donner Ave. has 135,328 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1968 as its year built. It is classed as refrigerated warehouse.
Is 1600 Donner Ave. covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10).
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) (AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “1600 Donner Ave., San Francisco, California — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/1600-donner-ave-e398252c (data as of July 9, 2026).