256 Sutter Street
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 256 SUTTER ST · 94108
At a glance
256 Sutter Street is a 13,608-square-foot commercial building at 256 SUTTER ST in San Francisco, California, built in 1911. 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, with a site EUI of 14.2 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
256 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: 13,608 sq ft · Built 1911
Source record sf:0287/011:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | 14.2 kBtu/ft² | 12 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 15.0 kBtu/ft² | 14 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 20.9 kBtu/ft² | 19 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 20.9 kBtu/ft² | 17 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 18.6 kBtu/ft² | 16 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 38.7 kBtu/ft² | 36 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 36.9 kBtu/ft² | 34 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | 37.5 kBtu/ft² | 37 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | — | 40.3 kBtu/ft² | 46 tCO₂e | |
| 2015 | — | 41.4 kBtu/ft² | 45 tCO₂e | |
| 2014 | — | 35.5 kBtu/ft² | 38 tCO₂e | |
| 2013 | — | 32.2 kBtu/ft² | 36 tCO₂e | |
| 2012 | — | — | — | |
| 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
- 256 SUTTER ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94108
- Coordinates
- 37.78987, -122.40490
Within ~1 km
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How has 256 Sutter Street's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 256 Sutter Street, covering report years 2011–2025. Site EUI moved from 32.2 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 14.2 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 56% decrease. Reported emissions went from 36 tCO₂e to 12 tCO₂e over the same span (down 66%).
Which law requires 256 Sutter Street to report its energy use?
256 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:0287/011:2025). 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 256 Sutter Street's energy grade?
256 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 256 Sutter Street?
256 Sutter Street is at 256 SUTTER ST, in San Francisco, California 94108. Its coordinates are 37.78987, -122.40490 (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, “256 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/256-sutter-street-72ad51dc (data as of October 2, 2026).