1 Sutter Street
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 540 MARKET ST · 94104
At a glance
1 Sutter Street is a 34,265-square-foot commercial building at 540 MARKET ST in San Francisco, California, built in 1913. It is listed in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure without energy figures: no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it that year. Its most recent reported figures are from 2021, when it scored 81 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR with a site EUI of 46.8 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
1 Sutter Street appears in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure, but no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it — the building did not report benchmarking data for that year. Earlier reported years are in the table below.
Floor area on file: 34,265 sq ft · Built 1913
Source record sf:0291/001:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | 81 | 46.8 kBtu/ft² | 104 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 51.3 kBtu/ft² | 117 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 18.3 kBtu/ft² | 44 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 18.9 kBtu/ft² | 46 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 88 | +4 | 48.9 kBtu/ft² | 124 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 84 | +10 | 59.9 kBtu/ft² | 130 tCO₂e |
| 2014 | 74 | +12 | 65.0 kBtu/ft² | 124 tCO₂e |
| 2013 | 62 | 84.8 kBtu/ft² | 156 tCO₂e | |
| 2012 | — | 94.2 kBtu/ft² | 177 tCO₂e | |
| 2011 | — | — | — |
Compliance context
SF Environment Code Chapter 20
San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 540 MARKET ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94104
- Coordinates
- 37.79006, -122.40078
Within ~1 km
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How has 1 Sutter Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 1 Sutter Street, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 62 in 2013 to 81 in 2021 (+19 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 88. Site EUI moved from 94.2 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 46.8 kBtu/ft² (2021), a 50% decrease. Reported emissions went from 177 tCO₂e to 104 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).
Which law requires 1 Sutter Street to report its energy use?
1 Sutter Street reports under SF Environment Code Chapter 20, the legal basis of San Francisco's Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2025 disclosure (source record sf:0291/001:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 1 Sutter Street's energy grade?
1 Sutter Street has no grade: it did not report energy data for 2025. The 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure lists the building but publishes no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions for it.
Where is 1 Sutter Street?
1 Sutter Street is at 540 MARKET ST, in San Francisco, California 94104. Its coordinates are 37.79006, -122.40078 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance file.
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About this data
Source: Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance (SF Environment Code Chapter 20), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “1 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/1-sutter-street-bae17e6c (data as of October 2, 2026).