El Bethel Arms
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 1355 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco · 94115
At a glance
El Bethel Arms is a 216,468-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1355 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1974. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 19 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 76.9 kBtu/ft² and 1,026 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 3% of the 9,612 scored multifamily housing buildings in California.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 19 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 76.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 1,026 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,017,444 kWh |
| Natural gas | 149,880 therms |
| Gross floor area | 216,468 sq ft |
| Source record | california:10925491:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | 19 | +15 | 76.9 kBtu/ft² | 1,026 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 4 | -3 | 99.8 kBtu/ft² | 1,204 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 7 | +2 | 94.4 kBtu/ft² | 1,153 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 5 | -2 | 96.8 kBtu/ft² | 1,162 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 7 | ±0 | 92.8 kBtu/ft² | 1,102 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 7 | 94.7 kBtu/ft² | 1,142 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.
Own or manage this building? Claim it to correct the record and get compliance alerts.
Location
- Address
- 1355 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94115
- Coordinates
- 37.77892, -122.43270
Within ~1 km
Nearby benchmarked buildings
- Mount Zionscore —
Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) · 628,196 sq ft
- 1535 EDDY STscore 100
Mixed Residential · 486,750 sq ft
- 1510 Eddy Stscore 100
Mixed Residential · 482,898 sq ft
- Freedom Westscore 92
Mixed Residential · 465,466 sq ft
- Fillmore Centerscore 85
Mixed Residential · 460,753 sq ft
- Kaiser Permanentescore 99
Commercial · 423,160 sq ft
See also: most efficient in California · biggest emitters
How does El Bethel Arms 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. El Bethel Arms's ENERGY STAR score of 19 compares with an average of 82 across the 9,612 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 97%. Its site EUI of 76.9 kBtu/ft² is about 124% 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 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 126% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 216,468 sq ft, it is about 43% above the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 14 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 El Bethel Arms's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for El Bethel Arms, covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 7 in 2019 to 19 in 2024 (+12 points). Site EUI moved from 94.7 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 76.9 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 19% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,142 tCO₂e to 1,026 tCO₂e over the same span (down 10%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 19 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 19 means the building performs better than about 19% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 19 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 56 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. El Bethel Arms's 76.9 kBtu/ft² across 216,468 sq ft works out to about 16.6 billion Btu (4,879 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 1,017,444 kWh of electricity and 149,880 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires El Bethel Arms to report its energy use?
El Bethel Arms 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:10925491:2024). 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.
More multifamily housing buildings in California
- Sofi Westview (Wt)· 216,440 sq ft · score 91 (A)
- Watercrest At The Polo Fields· 216,430 sq ft · score 44 (D)
- Hawaiian Gardens Apts· 216,404 sq ft · score 91 (A)
- Sold - Ironwood South (Rn021)· 216,350 sq ft · score 44 (D)
- Brookside Apartments Ii· 216,336 sq ft · score 1 (D)
- Palm Chaparral Apartments· 216,316 sq ft · score 100 (A)
- Multifamily Housing buildings in California· 10,630 benchmarked
- All California benchmarked buildings· AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)
- Most efficient large buildings in California
- Least efficient large buildings in California
- Biggest emitters in California
Frequently asked questions
What is El Bethel Arms's energy grade?
El Bethel Arms scores 19 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2024 California disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does El Bethel Arms use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 76.9 kBtu/ft² across 216,468 sq ft, including 1,017,444 kWh of electricity and 149,880 therms of natural gas.
What are El Bethel Arms's carbon emissions?
El Bethel Arms reported 1,026 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is El Bethel Arms?
El Bethel Arms is at 1355 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94115. Its coordinates are 37.77892, -122.43270 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is El Bethel Arms and when was it built?
El Bethel Arms has 216,468 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1974 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is El Bethel Arms 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).
Working with California building benchmarking records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.
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, “El Bethel Arms, San Francisco, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/el-bethel-arms-b5c8bedf (data as of July 9, 2026).