Cathedral Hill Plaza
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 1333 Gough Street, San Francisco · 94109
At a glance
Cathedral Hill Plaza is a 201,318-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1333 Gough Street, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1966. In its 2019 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 84 out of 100 (grade B), a site energy-use intensity of 49.6 kBtu/ft² and 539 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 37% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2019
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 84 (band B) |
| Site EUI | 49.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 539 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 505,959 kWh |
| Natural gas | 78,513 therms |
| Gross floor area | 201,318 sq ft |
| Source record | california:7404683:2019 |
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
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Location
- Address
- 1333 Gough Street, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94109
- Coordinates
- 37.78569, -122.42476
Within ~1 km
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How does Cathedral Hill Plaza 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. Cathedral Hill Plaza's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 37% of them and lower than 62%. Its site EUI of 49.6 kBtu/ft² is about 44% 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 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 201,318 sq ft, it is about 33% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1966, 22 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 an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Cathedral Hill Plaza's 49.6 kBtu/ft² across 201,318 sq ft works out to about 10 billion Btu (2,926 MWh-equivalent) in 2019. The disclosure also reports 505,959 kWh of electricity and 78,513 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Cathedral Hill Plaza to report its energy use?
Cathedral Hill Plaza 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 2019 disclosure (source record california:7404683:2019). 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 Cathedral Hill Plaza's energy grade?
Cathedral Hill Plaza scores 84 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band B, above median (70–84) — in its 2019 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Cathedral Hill Plaza use?
Its 2019 site energy-use intensity was 49.6 kBtu/ft² across 201,318 sq ft, including 505,959 kWh of electricity and 78,513 therms of natural gas.
What are Cathedral Hill Plaza's carbon emissions?
Cathedral Hill Plaza reported 539 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2019.
Where is Cathedral Hill Plaza?
Cathedral Hill Plaza is at 1333 Gough Street, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94109. Its coordinates are 37.78569, -122.42476 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Cathedral Hill Plaza and when was it built?
Cathedral Hill Plaza has 201,318 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2019 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1966 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Cathedral Hill Plaza covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2019 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, “Cathedral Hill Plaza, San Francisco, California — 2019 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/cathedral-hill-plaza-1b26cbf3 (data as of July 9, 2026).