900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank

How does 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank compare with other distribution center buildings in California?

The latest disclosures cover 3,121 distribution center buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank's ENERGY STAR score of 18 compares with an average of 67 across the 2,485 that report a score; it scores higher than 12% of them and lower than 88%. Its site EUI of 50.5 kBtu/ft² is about 155% above the average of 19.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 162% above the group average of 1.3 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 55,000 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 238,298 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1997, 3 years later than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 4,082 distribution center buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 24.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 California disclosures for 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank, covering report years 2018–2020. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 29 in 2018 to 18 in 2020 (-11 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 30. Site EUI moved from 41.2 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 50.5 kBtu/ft² (2020), an 23% increase. Reported emissions went from 160 tCO₂e to 184 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 18 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 18 means the building performs better than about 18% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 18 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 57 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. 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank's 50.5 kBtu/ft² across 55,000 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (814 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 814,528 kWh of electricity and 4 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank to report its energy use?

900 Pennsylvania Ave - San Francisco Food Bank 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 2020 disclosure (source record california:3081549:2020). 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.