Save Mart - Lucky #755

How does Save Mart - Lucky #755 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. Save Mart - Lucky #755's ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 83%. Its site EUI of 165.0 kBtu/ft² is about 235% above the average of 49.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 246% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 49,427 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1992, 51 years later than the group's average year built (1941). 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 Save Mart - Lucky #755's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for Save Mart - Lucky #755, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 63 in 2012 to 59 in 2025 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2013, at 68. Site EUI moved from 159.5 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 165.0 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 694 tCO₂e to 461 tCO₂e over the same span (down 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. Save Mart - Lucky #755's 165.0 kBtu/ft² across 49,427 sq ft works out to about 8.2 billion Btu (2,390 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 420.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,043,874 kWh of electricity and 11,800 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Save Mart - Lucky #755 to report its energy use?

Save Mart - Lucky #755 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:7255/002:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.