Merchants Exchange Building
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 465 CALIFORNIA ST · 94104
At a glance
Merchants Exchange Building is a 265,363-square-foot commercial building at 465 CALIFORNIA ST in San Francisco, California, built in 1903. 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 2022, when it scored 94 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR with a site EUI of 33.4 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
Merchants Exchange 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: 265,363 sq ft · Built 1903
Source record sf:0260/015:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | 94 | 33.4 kBtu/ft² | 591 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | — | 21.8 kBtu/ft² | 381 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | 91 | -2 | 31.9 kBtu/ft² | 576 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 93 | +4 | 22.0 kBtu/ft² | 401 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 89 | -2 | 32.1 kBtu/ft² | 581 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 91 | -1 | 26.7 kBtu/ft² | 485 tCO₂e |
| 2015 | 92 | -2 | 43.6 kBtu/ft² | 802 tCO₂e |
| 2014 | 94 | ±0 | 39.9 kBtu/ft² | 734 tCO₂e |
| 2013 | 94 | 41.1 kBtu/ft² | 752 tCO₂e | |
| 2012 | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | — | 52.2 kBtu/ft² | 1,066 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
- 465 CALIFORNIA ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94104
- Coordinates
- 37.79256, -122.40213
Within ~1 km
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How has Merchants Exchange Building's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for Merchants Exchange Building, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score was 94 in both 2013 and 2022. Site EUI moved from 52.2 kBtu/ft² (2011) to 33.4 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 36% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,066 tCO₂e to 591 tCO₂e over the same span (down 45%).
Which law requires Merchants Exchange Building to report its energy use?
Merchants Exchange 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:0260/015:2025). 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 Merchants Exchange Building's energy grade?
Merchants Exchange 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 Merchants Exchange Building?
Merchants Exchange Building is at 465 CALIFORNIA ST, in San Francisco, California 94104. Its coordinates are 37.79256, -122.40213 (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, “Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/merchants-exchange-building-76c1438e (data as of October 2, 2026).