Nob Hill Motor Inn

How does Nob Hill Motor Inn compare with other commercial buildings in San Francisco?

The latest disclosures cover 1,683 commercial buildings in San Francisco, out of 2,509 buildings citywide. Nob Hill Motor Inn's ENERGY STAR score of 92 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 65% of them and lower than 32%. Its site EUI of 39.5 kBtu/ft² is about 20% below the average of 49.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 2.2 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% below the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 18,000 sq ft, it is about 83% below the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,307 commercial buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 76 and a site EUI of 51.3 kBtu/ft².

How has Nob Hill Motor Inn's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 San Francisco disclosures for Nob Hill Motor Inn, covering report years 2021–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2022 to 92 in 2025 (+13 points); its best year on file was 2024, at 92. Site EUI moved from 56.4 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 39.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 30% decrease. Reported emissions went from 57 tCO₂e to 39 tCO₂e over the same span (down 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 92 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 92 means the building performs better than about 92% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 92 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. Nob Hill Motor Inn's 39.5 kBtu/ft² across 18,000 sq ft works out to about 0.7 billion Btu (208 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 69.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 83,861 kWh of electricity and 4,253 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Nob Hill Motor Inn to report its energy use?

Nob Hill Motor Inn 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:0574/026:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.