Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085)
Multifamily Housing in Philadelphia, PA · 1601 Sansom St · 19102
At a glance
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) is a 90,532-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1601 Sansom St in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built in 1970. In its 2023 Philadelphia benchmarking disclosure it reported a site energy-use intensity of 57.4 kBtu/ft² and 412 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | — |
| Site EUI | 57.4 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 145.4 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 412 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | — |
| Electricity | 1,215,201 kWh |
| Natural gas | 7,418 therms |
| Water use | 638 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 90,532 sq ft |
| Source record | philadelphia:25724843:2023 |
Compliance context
Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program
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.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1601 Sansom St
- City
- Philadelphia
- State
- Pennsylvania
- ZIP
- 19102
- Coordinates
- 39.95069, -75.16760
Within ~1 km
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How does Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia?
The latest disclosures cover 768 multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 57.4 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft².
At 90,532 sq ft, it is about 28% below the average floor area of 125,469 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1970 construction date is close to 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.
What does a site EUI of 57.4 kBtu/ft² mean?
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. Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085)'s 57.4 kBtu/ft² across 90,532 sq ft works out to about 5.2 billion Btu (1,523 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 145.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,215,201 kWh of electricity, 7,418 therms of natural gas and 638 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) to report its energy use?
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) 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:25724843:2023). 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085)'s energy grade?
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) did not report an ENERGY STAR score in its 2023 disclosure, but its site energy-use intensity was 57.4 kBtu/ft².
How much energy does Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 57.4 kBtu/ft² (145.4 kBtu/ft² source) across 90,532 sq ft, including 1,215,201 kWh of electricity and 7,418 therms of natural gas.
What are Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085)'s carbon emissions?
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) reported 412 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions for 2023.
Where is Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085)?
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) is at 1601 Sansom St, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102. Its coordinates are 39.95069, -75.16760 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Building Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) and when was it built?
Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) has 90,532 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1970 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085) covered by Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Building Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program.
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About this data
Source: Building Energy Benchmarking (Phila. Code §9-3402 / Building Energy Performance Program), as published July 9, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Rittenhouse Row Apartments (po085), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/philadelphia/rittenhouse-row-apartments-po085-ea951fa0 (data as of July 9, 2026).