1301 Van Ness
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 1301 VAN NESS AVE · 94109
At a glance
1301 Van Ness is a 43,125-square-foot commercial building at 1301 VAN NESS AVE in San Francisco, California, built in 1912. 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 2024, when it scored 58 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR with a site EUI of 54.4 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
1301 Van Ness 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: 43,125 sq ft · Built 1912
Source record sf:0671/002:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | 58 | ±0 | 54.4 kBtu/ft² | 98 tCO₂e |
| 2023 | 58 | +15 | 58.1 kBtu/ft² | 105 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 43 | 67.4 kBtu/ft² | 125 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 61.4 kBtu/ft² | 101 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 61.1 kBtu/ft² | 110 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | 42 | +8 | 59.5 kBtu/ft² | 114 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 34 | -3 | 59.5 kBtu/ft² | 114 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 37 | 70.3 kBtu/ft² | 145 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | — | 70.1 kBtu/ft² | 165 tCO₂e | |
| 2015 | — | 35.6 kBtu/ft² | 79 tCO₂e | |
| 2014 | — | 22.5 kBtu/ft² | 50 tCO₂e | |
| 2013 | — | 13.5 kBtu/ft² | 30 tCO₂e | |
| 2012 | — | 16.5 kBtu/ft² | 41 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
- 1301 VAN NESS AVE
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94109
- Coordinates
- 37.78774, -122.42231
Within ~1 km
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How has 1301 Van Ness's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 1301 Van Ness, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 37 in 2017 to 58 in 2024 (+21 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 58. Site EUI moved from 16.5 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 54.4 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 230% increase. Reported emissions went from 41 tCO₂e to 98 tCO₂e over the same span (up 140%).
Which law requires 1301 Van Ness to report its energy use?
1301 Van Ness 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:0671/002:2025). 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 1301 Van Ness's energy grade?
1301 Van Ness 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 1301 Van Ness?
1301 Van Ness is at 1301 VAN NESS AVE, in San Francisco, California 94109. Its coordinates are 37.78774, -122.42231 (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, “1301 Van Ness, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/1301-van-ness-b33cb725 (data as of October 2, 2026).