500 Terry Francois Blvd

How does 500 Terry Francois Blvd 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. 500 Terry Francois Blvd'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 58.9 kBtu/ft² is about 20% 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 3.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 24% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 305,260 sq ft, it is about 184% above the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2008, 67 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 500 Terry Francois Blvd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for 500 Terry Francois Blvd, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 97 in 2015 to 61 in 2025 (-36 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 98. Site EUI moved from 47.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 58.9 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 25% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,096 tCO₂e to 1,019 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).

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. 500 Terry Francois Blvd's 58.9 kBtu/ft² across 305,260 sq ft works out to about 18 billion Btu (5,269 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 153.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,667,439 kWh of electricity and 20,423 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 500 Terry Francois Blvd to report its energy use?

500 Terry Francois Blvd 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:8721/010:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.