3201 California Street

How does 3201 California 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. 3201 California Street's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 75.9 kBtu/ft² is about 54% 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 4.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 56% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 37,000 sq ft, it is about 66% below the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 59 years later 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 3201 California Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 3201 California Street, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 81 in 2012 to 54 in 2025 (-27 points); its best year on file was 2012, at 81. Site EUI moved from 100.1 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 75.9 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 158 tCO₂e to 105 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. 3201 California Street's 75.9 kBtu/ft² across 37,000 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (823 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 156.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 319,365 kWh of electricity and 8,090 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 3201 California Street to report its energy use?

3201 California 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:1032/002:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.