Bayview Hill Gardens

How does Bayview Hill Gardens compare with other multifamily buildings in San Francisco?

The latest disclosures cover 192 multifamily buildings in San Francisco, out of 2,509 buildings citywide. Bayview Hill Gardens's ENERGY STAR score of 97 compares with an average of 86 across the 129 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 32.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 34.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 1.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 96,554 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 191,699 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 238 multifamily buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 86 and a site EUI of 34.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Bayview Hill Gardens's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 San Francisco disclosures for Bayview Hill Gardens, covering report years 2018–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2018 to 97 in 2025 (+6 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 97. Site EUI moved from 34.8 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 32.3 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 181 tCO₂e to 151 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 97 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 97 means the building performs better than about 97% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 97 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Bayview Hill Gardens's 32.3 kBtu/ft² across 96,554 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (914 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 55.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 310,583 kWh of electricity and 16,936 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Bayview Hill Gardens to report its energy use?

Bayview Hill Gardens 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:5476/009:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.