John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex

How does John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex 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. John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex's ENERGY STAR score of 61 compares with an average of 85 across the 340 that report a score; it scores higher than 13% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 42.8 kBtu/ft² is about 19% 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 2.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 18% above the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,785 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 165,572 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1952, 14 years earlier than the group's average year built (1967).

How has John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 San Francisco disclosures for John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex, covering report years 2018–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 76 in 2019 to 61 in 2025 (-15 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 76. Site EUI moved from 23.9 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 42.8 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 79% increase. Reported emissions went from 94 tCO₂e to 146 tCO₂e over the same span (up 55%).

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. John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex's 42.8 kBtu/ft² across 61,785 sq ft works out to about 2.6 billion Btu (775 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 81.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 381,290 kWh of electricity and 13,455 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex to report its energy use?

John Burton Advocates for Youth Housing Complex 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:1073/055:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.