Mendelsohn House
Multifamily Housing in California, CA · 737 Folsom Street, San Francisco · 94107
At a glance
Mendelsohn House is a 141,000-square-foot multifamily housing building at 737 Folsom Street, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1988. In its 2024 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 48.6 kBtu/ft² and 383 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2024
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 48.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 383 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 331,440 kWh |
| Natural gas | 57,981 therms |
| Gross floor area | 141,000 sq ft |
| Source record | california:6873180:2024 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024latest | — | 48.6 kBtu/ft² | 383 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 50.3 kBtu/ft² | 402 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 48.6 kBtu/ft² | 383 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 51.9 kBtu/ft² | 390 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 54.5 kBtu/ft² | 400 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 53.5 kBtu/ft² | 406 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
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Location
- Address
- 737 Folsom Street, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94107
- Coordinates
- 37.78281, -122.39987
Within ~1 km
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How does Mendelsohn House 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 48.6 kBtu/ft² is about 41% 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 30% above the group average of 2.1 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 141,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 150,919 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1988 construction date is close to 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 Mendelsohn House's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 6 California disclosures for Mendelsohn House, covering report years 2019–2024. Site EUI moved from 53.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 48.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 406 tCO₂e to 383 tCO₂e over the same span (down 6%).
What does a site EUI of 48.6 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. Mendelsohn House's 48.6 kBtu/ft² across 141,000 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,008 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. The disclosure also reports 331,440 kWh of electricity and 57,981 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Mendelsohn House to report its energy use?
Mendelsohn House 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:6873180:2024). 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 Mendelsohn House's energy grade?
Mendelsohn House did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2024 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 48.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Mendelsohn House use?
Its 2024 site energy-use intensity was 48.6 kBtu/ft² across 141,000 sq ft, including 331,440 kWh of electricity and 57,981 therms of natural gas.
What are Mendelsohn House's carbon emissions?
Mendelsohn House reported 383 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (2.7 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2024.
Where is Mendelsohn House?
Mendelsohn House is at 737 Folsom Street, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94107. Its coordinates are 37.78281, -122.39987 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Mendelsohn House and when was it built?
Mendelsohn House has 141,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2024 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1988 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Mendelsohn House 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, “Mendelsohn House, San Francisco, California — 2024 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/mendelsohn-house-d89c9e44 (data as of July 9, 2026).