2801 Leavenworth Street

How does 2801 Leavenworth Street 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. 2801 Leavenworth Street's ENERGY STAR score of 63 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 65.2 kBtu/ft² is about 33% 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 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 133,675 sq ft, it is about 24% above the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1907, 34 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 2801 Leavenworth Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 2801 Leavenworth Street, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 81 in 2012 to 63 in 2025 (-18 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 86. Site EUI moved from 71.0 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 65.2 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 696 tCO₂e to 479 tCO₂e over the same span (down 31%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 63 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 63 means the building performs better than about 63% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 63 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 12 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. 2801 Leavenworth Street's 65.2 kBtu/ft² across 133,675 sq ft works out to about 8.7 billion Btu (2,554 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 120.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,175,700 kWh of electricity and 46,975 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 2801 Leavenworth Street to report its energy use?

2801 Leavenworth 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:0010/001:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.