540 Alabama Street
Other - Lodging/Residential in California, CA · 540 Alabama Street, San Francisco · 94110
At a glance
540 Alabama Street is a 71,433-square-foot other - lodging/residential building at 540 Alabama Street, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1922. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 16.8 kBtu/ft² and 82 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 16.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 82 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 1.1 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 361,688 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 71,433 sq ft |
| Source record | california:15517117:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 16.8 kBtu/ft² | 82 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | — | 93 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 17.0 kBtu/ft² | 85 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 19.4 kBtu/ft² | 81 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 19.4 kBtu/ft² | 89 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 18.2 kBtu/ft² | 86 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
- 540 Alabama Street, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94110
- Coordinates
- 37.76265, -122.41232
Within ~1 km
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How does 540 Alabama Street compare with other other - lodging/residential buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 26 other - lodging/residential buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 16.8 kBtu/ft² is about 60% below the average of 42.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% below the group average of 2.6 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 71,433 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 120,634 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1922, 52 years earlier than the group's average year built (1974). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 327 other - lodging/residential buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 75.4 kBtu/ft².
How has 540 Alabama Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for 540 Alabama Street, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 18.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 16.8 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 86 tCO₂e to 82 tCO₂e over the same span (down 5%).
What does a site EUI of 16.8 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. 540 Alabama Street's 16.8 kBtu/ft² across 71,433 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (352 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 361,688 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 540 Alabama Street to report its energy use?
540 Alabama Street 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 2024 disclosure (source record california:15517117:2024). 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 540 Alabama Street's energy grade?
540 Alabama Street did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 16.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 540 Alabama Street use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 16.8 kBtu/ft² across 71,433 sq ft, including 361,688 kWh of electricity.
What are 540 Alabama Street's carbon emissions?
540 Alabama Street reported 82 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (1.1 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 540 Alabama Street?
540 Alabama Street is at 540 Alabama Street, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94110. Its coordinates are 37.76265, -122.41232 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 540 Alabama Street and when was it built?
540 Alabama Street has 71,433 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1922 as its year built. It is classed as other - lodging/residential.
Is 540 Alabama Street covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2024 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, “540 Alabama Street, San Francisco, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/540-alabama-street-c853745c (data as of July 9, 2026).