(PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street)

How does (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia?

The latest disclosures cover 768 multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street)'s ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 59 across the 682 that report a score; it scores higher than 32% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 95.3 kBtu/ft² is about 71% above the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 9,015 sq ft, it is about 93% below the average floor area of 125,469 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1922, 49 years earlier than the group's average year built (1971). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Philadelphia disclosures for (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 53 in 2019 to 45 in 2024 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 61. Site EUI moved from 88.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 95.3 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 7% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,454 tCO₂e to 1,403 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street)'s 95.3 kBtu/ft² across 9,015 sq ft works out to about 0.9 billion Btu (252 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 149.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,928,136 kWh of electricity, 155,356 therms of natural gas and 14,982 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street) to report its energy use?

(PA2345) - Arts Condominium (1324 Locust Street) 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 2024 disclosure (source record philadelphia:4901211:2024). 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.