280 TOWNSEND ST
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 94107
At a glance
280 TOWNSEND ST is a 42,075-square-foot commercial building in San Francisco, California, built in 1947. 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 2020, with a site EUI of 24.1 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
280 TOWNSEND ST 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: 42,075 sq ft · Built 1947
Source record sf:3787/028:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | — | 24.1 kBtu/ft² | 62 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 31.5 kBtu/ft² | 82 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | 75 | +28 | 35.4 kBtu/ft² | 96 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 47 | +5 | 37.3 kBtu/ft² | 104 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 42 | -9 | 34.7 kBtu/ft² | 111 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 51 | +23 | 35.6 kBtu/ft² | 104 tCO₂e |
| 2014 | 28 | -2 | 39.7 kBtu/ft² | 124 tCO₂e |
| 2013 | 30 | 44.3 kBtu/ft² | 134 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
- 280 TOWNSEND ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94107
- Coordinates
- 37.77776, -122.39481
Within ~1 km
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How has 280 TOWNSEND ST's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 280 TOWNSEND ST, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2013 to 75 in 2018 (+45 points). Site EUI moved from 44.3 kBtu/ft² (2013) to 24.1 kBtu/ft² (2020), a 46% decrease. Reported emissions went from 134 tCO₂e to 62 tCO₂e over the same span (down 54%).
Which law requires 280 TOWNSEND ST to report its energy use?
280 TOWNSEND ST 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:3787/028:2025). 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 280 TOWNSEND ST's energy grade?
280 TOWNSEND ST 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 280 TOWNSEND ST?
280 TOWNSEND ST is in San Francisco, California 94107. Its coordinates are 37.77776, -122.39481 (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, “280 TOWNSEND ST, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/280-townsend-st-bd3154a4 (data as of October 2, 2026).