Aloft Philadelphia Downtown

How does Aloft Philadelphia Downtown compare with other hotel buildings in Philadelphia?

The latest disclosures cover 80 hotel buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. Aloft Philadelphia Downtown's ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 61 across the 76 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 75.5 kBtu/ft² is about 16% below the average of 89.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 101,386 sq ft, it is about 57% below the average floor area of 233,807 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 58 years earlier than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Aloft Philadelphia Downtown's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Philadelphia disclosures for Aloft Philadelphia Downtown, covering report years 2019–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 60 in 2019 to 59 in 2022 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 60. Site EUI moved from 74.5 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 75.5 kBtu/ft² (2022), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 690 tCO₂e to 611 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Philadelphia, 35% 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. Aloft Philadelphia Downtown's 75.5 kBtu/ft² across 101,386 sq ft works out to about 7.7 billion Btu (2,243 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 183.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,762,888 kWh of electricity, 16,390 therms of natural gas and 3,227 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Aloft Philadelphia Downtown to report its energy use?

Aloft Philadelphia Downtown reports under Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program, the legal basis of Philadelphia's Building Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2022 disclosure (source record philadelphia:6203740:2022). Philadelphia requires commercial and multifamily buildings of 50,000+ sq ft to benchmark annually; its Building Energy Performance Program additionally requires non-residential buildings of 50,000+ sq ft to complete a tune-up or certify as high-performance every five years, with fines starting at $2,000 for non-compliance.