1086-San Francisco-Cesar
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 2501 Cesar Chavez St · 94124
At a glance
1086-San Francisco-Cesar is a 74,730-square-foot commercial building at 2501 Cesar Chavez St in San Francisco, California, built in 1925. In its 2025 San Francisco benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 5.8 kBtu/ft² and 25 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
SF Environment Code Chapter 20 · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 5.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 7.2 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 25 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 17,224 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 74,730 sq ft |
| Source record | sf:4339/001:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 5.8 kBtu/ft² | 25 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | — | 51.6 kBtu/ft² | 256 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 6.3 kBtu/ft² | 34 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 6.1 kBtu/ft² | 32 tCO₂e |
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
- 2501 Cesar Chavez St
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94124
- Coordinates
- 37.74898, -122.40241
Within ~1 km
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How does 1086-San Francisco-Cesar 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. Its site EUI of 5.8 kBtu/ft² is about 88% 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 0.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 88% below the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 74,730 sq ft, it is about 30% below the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1925, 16 years earlier 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.
How has 1086-San Francisco-Cesar's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 4 San Francisco disclosures for 1086-San Francisco-Cesar, covering report years 2022–2025. Site EUI moved from 6.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 5.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 32 tCO₂e to 25 tCO₂e over the same span (down 22%).
What does a site EUI of 5.8 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. 1086-San Francisco-Cesar's 5.8 kBtu/ft² across 74,730 sq ft works out to about 0.4 billion Btu (127 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 7.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 17,224 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 1086-San Francisco-Cesar to report its energy use?
1086-San Francisco-Cesar 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:4339/001:2025). 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 1086-San Francisco-Cesar's energy grade?
1086-San Francisco-Cesar did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 5.8 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 1086-San Francisco-Cesar use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 5.8 kBtu/ft² (7.2 kBtu/ft² source) across 74,730 sq ft, including 17,224 kWh of electricity.
What are 1086-San Francisco-Cesar's carbon emissions?
1086-San Francisco-Cesar reported 25 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.3 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2025.
Where is 1086-San Francisco-Cesar?
1086-San Francisco-Cesar is at 2501 Cesar Chavez St, in San Francisco, California 94124. Its coordinates are 37.74898, -122.40241 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance file.
How big is 1086-San Francisco-Cesar and when was it built?
1086-San Francisco-Cesar has 74,730 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1925 as its year built. It is classed as commercial.
Is 1086-San Francisco-Cesar covered by SF Environment Code Chapter 20?
Yes — it appears in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under SF Environment Code Chapter 20.
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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, “1086-San Francisco-Cesar, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/1086-san-francisco-cesar-2990094d (data as of October 2, 2026).