Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community

How does Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community 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. Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community's ENERGY STAR score of 99 compares with an average of 85 across the 340 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 31%. Its site EUI of 33.7 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 1.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 2.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 84,041 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 165,572 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1900, 66 years earlier than the group's average year built (1967).

How has Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 San Francisco disclosures for Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community, covering report years 2018–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2018 to 99 in 2025 (+49 points). Site EUI moved from 48.5 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 33.7 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 31% decrease. Reported emissions went from 227 tCO₂e to 153 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 99 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 99 means the building performs better than about 99% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 99 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. Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community's 33.7 kBtu/ft² across 84,041 sq ft works out to about 2.8 billion Btu (830 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 48.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 190,392 kWh of electricity and 21,800 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community to report its energy use?

Mary Helen Rodgers Senior Community 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:0768/013:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.