540 ALABAMA ST
Mixed Residential in San Francisco, CA · 94110
At a glance
540 ALABAMA ST is a 71,433-square-foot mixed residential building in San Francisco, California, built in 1922. In its 2025 San Francisco benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 16.6 kBtu/ft² and 39 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
SF Environment Code Chapter 20 · reporting year 2025
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 16.6 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 33.7 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 39 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 0.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 199,310 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 71,433 sq ft |
| Source record | sf:4019/001:2025 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | 16.6 kBtu/ft² | 39 tCO₂e | |
| 2024 | — | 17.3 kBtu/ft² | 82 tCO₂e | |
| 2023 | — | 18.4 kBtu/ft² | 93 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | — | 17.4 kBtu/ft² | 85 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 18.8 kBtu/ft² | 81 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 18.8 kBtu/ft² | 89 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 18.1 kBtu/ft² | 86 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | — | — |
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
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Location
- Address
- 540 ALABAMA ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94110
- Coordinates
- 37.76253, -122.41249
Within ~1 km
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How does 540 ALABAMA ST compare with other mixed residential buildings in San Francisco?
The latest disclosures cover 610 mixed residential buildings in San Francisco, out of 2,509 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 16.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 36.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 0.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 73% below the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 71,433 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 165,572 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1922, 44 years earlier than the group's average year built (1967).
How has 540 ALABAMA ST's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 8 San Francisco disclosures for 540 ALABAMA ST, covering report years 2018–2025. Site EUI moved from 18.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 16.6 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 86 tCO₂e to 39 tCO₂e over the same span (down 55%).
What does a site EUI of 16.6 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. 540 ALABAMA ST's 16.6 kBtu/ft² across 71,433 sq ft works out to about 1.2 billion Btu (348 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 33.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 199,310 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires 540 ALABAMA ST to report its energy use?
540 ALABAMA 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:4019/001:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.
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Frequently asked questions
What is 540 ALABAMA ST's energy grade?
540 ALABAMA ST did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2025 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 16.6 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does 540 ALABAMA ST use?
Its 2025 site energy-use intensity was 16.6 kBtu/ft² (33.7 kBtu/ft² source) across 71,433 sq ft, including 199,310 kWh of electricity.
What are 540 ALABAMA ST's carbon emissions?
540 ALABAMA ST reported 39 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (0.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2025.
Where is 540 ALABAMA ST?
540 ALABAMA ST is in San Francisco, California 94110. Its coordinates are 37.76253, -122.41249 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance file.
How big is 540 ALABAMA ST and when was it built?
540 ALABAMA ST has 71,433 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2025 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1922 as its year built. It is classed as mixed residential.
Is 540 ALABAMA ST covered by SF Environment Code Chapter 20?
Yes — it appears in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under SF Environment Code Chapter 20.
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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, “540 ALABAMA ST, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/540-alabama-st-fb7bd45d (data as of October 2, 2026).