(PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street)

How does (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill 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. (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street)'s ENERGY STAR score of 58 compares with an average of 59 across the 682 that report a score; it scores higher than 43% of them and lower than 56%. Its site EUI of 36.6 kBtu/ft² is about 34% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 1,010 sq ft, it is about 99% below the average floor area of 125,469 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1909, 62 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 (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Philadelphia disclosures for (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street), covering report years 2019–2024. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 61 in 2019 to 58 in 2024 (-3 points); its best year on file was 2023, at 78. Site EUI moved from 33.1 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 36.6 kBtu/ft² (2024), an 11% increase. Reported emissions went from 313 tCO₂e to 205 tCO₂e over the same span (down 34%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 58 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 58 means the building performs better than about 58% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 58 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 17 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. (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street)'s 36.6 kBtu/ft² across 1,010 sq ft works out to about 0 billion Btu (11 MWh-equivalent) in 2024. Its source EUI of 102.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 755,890 kWh of electricity and 1,415 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires (PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill Street) to report its energy use?

(PA2509) - Beaux Arts (1238 Callowhill 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:4898629:2024). 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.