American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services

How does American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services compare with other office buildings in Philadelphia?

The latest disclosures cover 212 office buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services's ENERGY STAR score of 60 compares with an average of 64 across the 180 that report a score; it scores higher than 35% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 57.9 kBtu/ft² is about 26% below the average of 78.3 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 75,495 sq ft, it is about 74% below the average floor area of 292,223 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 15 years later than the group's average year built (1957). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Philadelphia disclosures for American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services, covering report years 2019–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2019 to 60 in 2023 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 65. Site EUI moved from 63.3 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 57.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 422 tCO₂e to 349 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 60 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 60 means the building performs better than about 60% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 60 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 15 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. American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services's 57.9 kBtu/ft² across 75,495 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,281 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 122.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 737,969 kWh of electricity, 1 therms of natural gas and 511 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services to report its energy use?

American Red Cross - Humanitarian Services 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 2023 disclosure (source record philadelphia:3591160:2023). 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.