1001-1041 25th Street

How does 1001-1041 25th Street compare with other commercial buildings in San Francisco?

The latest disclosures cover 1,683 commercial buildings in San Francisco, out of 2,509 buildings citywide. 1001-1041 25th Street's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 94%. Its site EUI of 32.5 kBtu/ft² is about 34% below the average of 49.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% below the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 16,600 sq ft, it is about 85% below the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1990, 49 years later than the group's average year built (1941). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,307 commercial buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 76 and a site EUI of 51.3 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In San Francisco, 73% 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. 1001-1041 25th Street's 32.5 kBtu/ft² across 16,600 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (158 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 79.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 125,757 kWh of electricity and 1,098 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1001-1041 25th Street to report its energy use?

1001-1041 25th 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:4294/003:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.