601 O'Farrell

How does 601 O'Farrell compare with other multifamily housing buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 10,630 multifamily housing buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 601 O'Farrell's ENERGY STAR score of 60 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 82.3 kBtu/ft² is about 139% above the average of 34.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 55,350 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 60 years earlier than the group's average year built (1988). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 601 O'Farrell's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 California disclosures for 601 O'Farrell, covering report years 2019–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 53 in 2019 to 60 in 2022 (+7 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 60. Site EUI moved from 72.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 82.3 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 13% increase. Reported emissions went from 224 tCO₂e to 252 tCO₂e over the same span (up 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 60 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 60 means the building performs better than about 60% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 60 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 15 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In California, 65% 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. 601 O'Farrell's 82.3 kBtu/ft² across 55,350 sq ft works out to about 4.6 billion Btu (1,335 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. The disclosure also reports 145,155 kWh of electricity and 41,041 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 601 O'Farrell to report its energy use?

601 O'Farrell 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:6821841:2022). 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.