2000 Van Ness Avenue

How does 2000 Van Ness Avenue 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. 2000 Van Ness Avenue's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 18% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 74.1 kBtu/ft² is about 51% above the average of 49.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 49% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,152 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1909, 32 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 2000 Van Ness Avenue's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 2000 Van Ness Avenue, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2011 to 61 in 2025 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2015, at 87. Site EUI moved from 99.0 kBtu/ft² (2011) to 74.1 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 25% decrease. Reported emissions went from 323 tCO₂e to 202 tCO₂e over the same span (down 37%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 61 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 61 means the building performs better than about 61% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 61 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 14 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. 2000 Van Ness Avenue's 74.1 kBtu/ft² across 50,152 sq ft works out to about 3.7 billion Btu (1,089 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 118.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 343,224 kWh of electricity and 25,469 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2000 Van Ness Avenue to report its energy use?

2000 Van Ness Avenue 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:0595/005:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.