(PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd)

How does (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia?

The latest disclosures cover 768 multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd)'s ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 59 across the 682 that report a score; it scores higher than 85% of them and lower than 14%. Its site EUI of 26.0 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 17,316 sq ft, it is about 86% below the average floor area of 125,469 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1985, 14 years later 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 (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Philadelphia disclosures for (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 79 in 2019 to 95 in 2024 (+16 points). Site EUI moved from 30.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 26.0 kBtu/ft² (2024), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 627 tCO₂e to 469 tCO₂e over the same span (down 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd)'s 26.0 kBtu/ft² across 17,316 sq ft works out to about 0.5 billion Btu (132 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 72.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,564,303 kWh of electricity and 5,978 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd) to report its energy use?

(PA2449) - Pier 5 COA (7 N. Columbus Blvd) 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:4988462:2024). 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.