500 Beach
Strip Mall in California, CA · 500 Beach, San Francisco · 94133
At a glance
500 Beach is a 198,525-square-foot strip mall building at 500 Beach, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1915. In its 2022 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 10.5 kBtu/ft² and 136 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2022
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 10.5 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 136 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 469,318 kWh |
| Natural gas | 4,879 therms |
| Gross floor area | 198,525 sq ft |
| Source record | california:3627936:2022 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022latest | — | 10.5 kBtu/ft² | 136 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 9.5 kBtu/ft² | 122 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 9.9 kBtu/ft² | 121 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 17.1 kBtu/ft² | 218 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 17.2 kBtu/ft² | 220 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
- 500 Beach, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94133
- Coordinates
- 37.80712, -122.41735
Within ~1 km
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How does 500 Beach compare with other strip mall buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 937 strip mall buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 10.5 kBtu/ft² is about 86% below the average of 75.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 85% below the group average of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 198,525 sq ft, it is about 58% above the average floor area of 125,816 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1915, 70 years earlier than the group's average year built (1985). 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 500 Beach's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 5 California disclosures for 500 Beach, covering report years 2018–2022. Site EUI moved from 17.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 10.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 39% decrease. Reported emissions went from 220 tCO₂e to 136 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).
What does a site EUI of 10.5 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. 500 Beach's 10.5 kBtu/ft² across 198,525 sq ft works out to about 2.1 billion Btu (611 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 469,318 kWh of electricity and 4,879 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 500 Beach to report its energy use?
500 Beach 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 2022 disclosure (source record california:3627936:2022). 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 500 Beach's energy grade?
500 Beach did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2022 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 10.5 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 500 Beach use?
Its 2022 site energy-use intensity was 10.5 kBtu/ft² across 198,525 sq ft, including 469,318 kWh of electricity and 4,879 therms of natural gas.
What are 500 Beach's carbon emissions?
500 Beach reported 136 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2022.
Where is 500 Beach?
500 Beach is at 500 Beach, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94133. Its coordinates are 37.80712, -122.41735 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 500 Beach and when was it built?
500 Beach has 198,525 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2022 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1915 as its year built. It is classed as strip mall.
Is 500 Beach covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2022 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, “500 Beach, San Francisco, California — 2022 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/500-beach-1faf0f9b (data as of July 9, 2026).