Yerba Buena Center For The Arts
Other in California, CA · 701 Mission St, San Francisco · 94103
At a glance
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts is a 103,460-square-foot other building at 701 Mission St, San Francisco in San Francisco, California, built in 1993. In its 2020 California benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 58.9 kBtu/ft² and 404 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10) · reporting year 2020
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 58.9 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | — |
| GHG emissions | 404 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,786,794 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 103,460 sq ft |
| Source record | california:4055633:2020 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020latest | — | 58.9 kBtu/ft² | 404 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 80.2 kBtu/ft² | 550 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.
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Location
- Address
- 701 Mission St, San Francisco
- City
- California
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94103
- Coordinates
- 37.78565, -122.40229
Within ~1 km
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How does Yerba Buena Center For The Arts compare with other other buildings in California?
The latest disclosures cover 773 other buildings in California, out of 40,029 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 58.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 58.3 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% above the group average of 3.5 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 103,460 sq ft, it is about 80% below the average floor area of 511,890 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1993, 20 years later than the group's average year built (1973). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,327 other buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 60 and a site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft².
How has Yerba Buena Center For The Arts's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 2 California disclosures for Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, covering report years 2019–2020. Site EUI moved from 80.2 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 58.9 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 27% decrease. Reported emissions went from 550 tCO₂e to 404 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).
What does a site EUI of 58.9 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. Yerba Buena Center For The Arts's 58.9 kBtu/ft² across 103,460 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,786 MWh-equivalent) in 2020. The disclosure also reports 1,786,794 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Yerba Buena Center For The Arts to report its energy use?
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts 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:4055633:2020). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Yerba Buena Center For The Arts's energy grade?
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2020 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 58.9 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Yerba Buena Center For The Arts use?
Its 2020 site energy-use intensity was 58.9 kBtu/ft² across 103,460 sq ft, including 1,786,794 kWh of electricity.
What are Yerba Buena Center For The Arts's carbon emissions?
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts reported 404 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (3.9 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2020.
Where is Yerba Buena Center For The Arts?
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts is at 701 Mission St, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California 94103. Its coordinates are 37.78565, -122.40229 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking Program (statewide) file.
How big is Yerba Buena Center For The Arts and when was it built?
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts has 103,460 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2020 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1993 as its year built. It is classed as other.
Is Yerba Buena Center For The Arts covered by AB 802 (Public Resources Code §25402.10)?
Yes — it appears in the 2020 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, “Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, California — 2020 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/california/yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts-35ddfed3 (data as of July 9, 2026).