Sutter Health-2300 California Street

How does Sutter Health-2300 California Street 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. Sutter Health-2300 California Street's ENERGY STAR score of 32 compares with an average of 78 across the 790 that report a score; it scores higher than 6% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 130.6 kBtu/ft² is about 165% 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 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 163% above the group average of 2.7 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 16,864 sq ft, it is about 84% below the average floor area of 107,408 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1962, 21 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 Sutter Health-2300 California Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 San Francisco disclosures for Sutter Health-2300 California Street, covering report years 2022–2025. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 55 in 2022 to 32 in 2025 (-23 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 55. Site EUI moved from 103.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 130.6 kBtu/ft² (2025), an 27% increase. Reported emissions went from 102 tCO₂e to 120 tCO₂e over the same span (up 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 32 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 32 means the building performs better than about 32% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 32 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 43 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. Sutter Health-2300 California Street's 130.6 kBtu/ft² across 16,864 sq ft works out to about 2.2 billion Btu (645 MWh-equivalent) in 2025. Its source EUI of 205.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 192,260 kWh of electricity and 15,469 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sutter Health-2300 California Street to report its energy use?

Sutter Health-2300 California Street 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:0636/033:2025). San Francisco's ordinance requires annual benchmarking for commercial buildings over 10,000 sq ft, with administrative penalties for buildings that fail to report.