Van Ness Plaza
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 1000 VAN NESS AVE · 94109
At a glance
Van Ness Plaza is a 274,088-square-foot commercial building at 1000 VAN NESS AVE in San Francisco, California, built in 1920. 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, with a site EUI of 47.5 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
Van Ness Plaza 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: 274,088 sq ft · Built 1920
Source record sf:0715/014:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | — | 47.5 kBtu/ft² | 400 tCO₂e | |
| 2021 | — | 46.2 kBtu/ft² | 342 tCO₂e | |
| 2020 | — | 43.1 kBtu/ft² | 348 tCO₂e | |
| 2019 | — | 63.1 kBtu/ft² | 521 tCO₂e | |
| 2018 | — | 96.3 kBtu/ft² | 804 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | — |
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
- 1000 VAN NESS AVE
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94109
- Coordinates
- 37.78509, -122.42067
Within ~1 km
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How has Van Ness Plaza's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 14 San Francisco disclosures for Van Ness Plaza, covering report years 2012–2025. Site EUI moved from 96.3 kBtu/ft² (2018) to 47.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 51% decrease. Reported emissions went from 804 tCO₂e to 400 tCO₂e over the same span (down 50%).
Which law requires Van Ness Plaza to report its energy use?
Van Ness Plaza 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:0715/014:2025). 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 Van Ness Plaza's energy grade?
Van Ness Plaza 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 Van Ness Plaza?
Van Ness Plaza is at 1000 VAN NESS AVE, in San Francisco, California 94109. Its coordinates are 37.78509, -122.42067 (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, “Van Ness Plaza, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/van-ness-plaza-682cb63e (data as of October 2, 2026).