Hearst Building
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 691 MARKET ST · 94105
At a glance
Hearst Building is a 135,371-square-foot commercial building at 691 MARKET ST in San Francisco, California, built in 1909. It is listed in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure without energy figures: no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it that year. Its most recent reported figures are from 2023, with a site EUI of 50.6 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
Hearst Building appears in the 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure, but no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions were published for it — the building did not report benchmarking data for that year. Earlier reported years are in the table below.
Floor area on file: 135,371 sq ft · Built 1909
Source record sf:3707/057:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | 50.6 kBtu/ft² | 471 tCO₂e | |
| 2022 | 57 | 67.8 kBtu/ft² | 618 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 41.5 kBtu/ft² | 361 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 42.5 kBtu/ft² | 382 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | 86 | ±0 | 50.2 kBtu/ft² | 465 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 86 | -6 | 47.5 kBtu/ft² | 441 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 92 | ±0 | 53.8 kBtu/ft² | 518 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 92 | ±0 | 52.0 kBtu/ft² | 504 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 92 | +2 | 49.8 kBtu/ft² | 508 tCO₂e |
| 2014 | 90 | +3 | 53.0 kBtu/ft² | 538 tCO₂e |
| 2013 | 87 | -6 | 62.8 kBtu/ft² | 750 tCO₂e |
| 2012 | 93 | -7 | 64.1 kBtu/ft² | 734 tCO₂e |
| 2011 | 100 | 36.0 kBtu/ft² | 385 tCO₂e |
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
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 691 MARKET ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94105
- Coordinates
- 37.78741, -122.40303
Within ~1 km
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How has Hearst Building's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for Hearst Building, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2011 to 57 in 2022 (-43 points); its best year on file was 2011, at 100. Site EUI moved from 36.0 kBtu/ft² (2011) to 50.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 41% increase. Reported emissions went from 385 tCO₂e to 471 tCO₂e over the same span (up 22%).
Which law requires Hearst Building to report its energy use?
Hearst Building 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:3707/057:2025). 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 Hearst Building's energy grade?
Hearst Building has no grade: it did not report energy data for 2025. The 2025 Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance disclosure lists the building but publishes no ENERGY STAR score, energy use or emissions for it.
Where is Hearst Building?
Hearst Building is at 691 MARKET ST, in San Francisco, California 94105. Its coordinates are 37.78741, -122.40303 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Existing Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance file.
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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, “Hearst Building, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/hearst-building-b37a9b28 (data as of October 2, 2026).