Dalt Hotel

How does Dalt Hotel 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. Dalt Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 96 compares with an average of 85 across the 340 that report a score; it scores higher than 48% of them and lower than 47%. Its site EUI of 62.8 kBtu/ft² is about 74% above the average of 36.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 71% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 65,033 sq ft, it is about 61% below the average floor area of 165,572 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1909, 57 years earlier than the group's average year built (1967).

How has Dalt Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 San Francisco disclosures for Dalt Hotel, covering report years 2018–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2018 to 96 in 2025 (+8 points); its best year on file was 2024, at 97. Site EUI moved from 68.1 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 62.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 265 tCO₂e to 222 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 96 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 96 means the building performs better than about 96% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 96 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. Dalt Hotel's 62.8 kBtu/ft² across 65,033 sq ft works out to about 4.1 billion Btu (1,197 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 100.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 376,422 kWh of electricity and 28,019 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Dalt Hotel to report its energy use?

Dalt Hotel 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:0340/007:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.