840 Powell St (Citiscape)
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 840 Powell Street, San Francisco · 94108
At a glance
840 Powell St (Citiscape) is a 61,055-square-foot multifamily housing building at 840 Powell Street, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1914. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 38.3 kBtu/ft² and 134 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 38.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 134 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 160,640 kWh |
| Natural gas | 18,462 therms |
| Gross floor area | 61,055 sq ft |
| Source record | california:52472592:2024 |
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
- 840 Powell Street, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94108
- Coordinates
- 37.79266, -122.40907
Within ~1 km
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How does 840 Powell St (Citiscape) 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. Its site EUI of 38.3 kBtu/ft² is about 11% 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 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 61,055 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1914, 74 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.
What does a site EUI of 38.3 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. 840 Powell St (Citiscape)'s 38.3 kBtu/ft² across 61,055 sq ft works out to about 2.3 billion Btu (685 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 160,640 kWh of electricity and 18,462 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires 840 Powell St (Citiscape) to report its energy use?
840 Powell St (Citiscape) 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:52472592:2024). 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 840 Powell St (Citiscape)'s energy grade?
840 Powell St (Citiscape) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 38.3 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 840 Powell St (Citiscape) use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 38.3 kBtu/ft² across 61,055 sq ft, including 160,640 kWh of electricity and 18,462 therms of natural gas.
What are 840 Powell St (Citiscape)'s carbon emissions?
840 Powell St (Citiscape) reported 134 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.2 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is 840 Powell St (Citiscape)?
840 Powell St (Citiscape) is at 840 Powell Street, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94108. Its coordinates are 37.79266, -122.40907 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is 840 Powell St (Citiscape) and when was it built?
840 Powell St (Citiscape) has 61,055 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1914 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is 840 Powell St (Citiscape) 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, “840 Powell St (Citiscape), San Francisco, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/840-powell-st-citiscape-24b4b21b (data as of July 9, 2026).