San Francisco, California

This facility features the following green attributes:
LEED-EB 2.0 Gold Certification
Green Power
ENERGY STAR
Mechanical Upgrades

Region 9 Office

Total Facility Area: 226,326 rentable square feet (RSF) (EPA share)
Estimated Personnel: 1,088 EPA personnel
Energy Consumption: 10,336,109,448 Btu per year (EPA share)
Btu per RSF per Year: 45,669
Water Consumption: 1,891,392 gallons per year
Gallons per RSF per Year: 8.36

All energy and water data are reported as of FY 2010.

Description

EPA's Region 9 consists of four states and two U.S. Territories: Nevada, California, Arizona, Hawaii, Samoa, and Guam. EPA Region 9 also works with 147 federally recognized tribes in the Pacific Southwest.

Unique Environmental Features

Energy Conservation

The building in which the Region 9 Office is currently located was awarded the ENERGY STAR^® label in 2008 with a score of 97, in 2009 with a score of 98, in 2010 with a score of 97, and in 2011 with a score of 98.

Green Power

EPA offsets 100 percent of the electricity consumption at the Region 9 Office with renewable energy certificates (RECs) purchased through the Agency's current blanket green power contract. Learn more about EPA's current and past blanket green power contracts.

Green Building

In May 2009, Hawthorne Plaza, the building in which the Region 9 office is currently located, received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification for Existing Buildings version 2.0 (LEED-EB 2.0) from the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED rating system is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

For More Information About This Facility

Website: www.epa.gov/region9

David Wampler (wampler.david@epa.gov)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 972-3975