World Affairs Center
Commercial in San Francisco, CA · 312 SUTTER ST · 94108
At a glance
World Affairs Center is a 48,926-square-foot commercial building at 312 SUTTER ST in San Francisco, California, built in 1909. 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 2018, with a site EUI of 84.8 kBtu/ft².
No energy data reported for 2025
World Affairs Center 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: 48,926 sq ft · Built 1909
Source record sf:0286/007:2025
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025latest | — | — | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | — | |
| 2018 | — | 84.8 kBtu/ft² | 273 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | 77.4 kBtu/ft² | 262 tCO₂e | |
| 2016 | — | 63.2 kBtu/ft² | 210 tCO₂e | |
| 2015 | — | 63.2 kBtu/ft² | 225 tCO₂e | |
| 2014 | — | 65.9 kBtu/ft² | 233 tCO₂e | |
| 2013 | — | 68.4 kBtu/ft² | 260 tCO₂e | |
| 2012 | — | 71.4 kBtu/ft² | 269 tCO₂e | |
| 2011 | — | — | — |
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
- 312 SUTTER ST
- City
- San Francisco
- State
- California
- ZIP
- 94108
- Coordinates
- 37.78983, -122.40586
Within ~1 km
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How has World Affairs Center's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 15 San Francisco disclosures for World Affairs Center, covering report years 2011–2025. Site EUI moved from 71.4 kBtu/ft² (2012) to 84.8 kBtu/ft² (2018), an 19% increase. Reported emissions went from 269 tCO₂e to 273 tCO₂e over the same span (up 2%).
Which law requires World Affairs Center to report its energy use?
World Affairs Center 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:0286/007:2025). 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 World Affairs Center's energy grade?
World Affairs Center 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 World Affairs Center?
World Affairs Center is at 312 SUTTER ST, in San Francisco, California 94108. Its coordinates are 37.78983, -122.40586 (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, “World Affairs Center, San Francisco, California — 2025 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/san-francisco/world-affairs-center-32a3bdca (data as of October 2, 2026).