Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel

How does Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel 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. Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel's ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 89%. Its site EUI of 64.5 kBtu/ft² is about 31% 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 3.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 32% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 252,000 sq ft, it is about 135% above the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 11 years earlier 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 Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel, covering report years 2011–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 48 in 2011 to 45 in 2025 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2013, at 69. Site EUI moved from 127.7 kBtu/ft² (2011) to 64.5 kBtu/ft² (2025), a 49% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,564 tCO₂e to 897 tCO₂e over the same span (down 65%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel's 64.5 kBtu/ft² across 252,000 sq ft works out to about 16.3 billion Btu (4,764 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 124.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,397,964 kWh of electricity and 80,768 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel to report its energy use?

Sir Francis Drake / Beacon Grand Hotel 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:0295/008:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.