The Sansom - Panco Management

How does The Sansom - Panco Management compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia?

The latest disclosures cover 768 multifamily housing buildings in Philadelphia, out of 2,379 buildings citywide. The Sansom - Panco Management's ENERGY STAR score of 32 compares with an average of 59 across the 682 that report a score; it scores higher than 24% of them and lower than 75%. Its site EUI of 45.3 kBtu/ft² is about 19% below the average of 55.6 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 74,492 sq ft, it is about 41% below the average floor area of 125,469 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 42 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 The Sansom - Panco Management's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Philadelphia disclosures for The Sansom - Panco Management, covering report years 2019–2021. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2019 to 32 in 2021 (-34 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 66. Site EUI moved from 37.0 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 45.3 kBtu/ft² (2021), an 22% increase. Reported emissions went from 279 tCO₂e to 314 tCO₂e over the same span (up 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 32 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 32 means the building performs better than about 32% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 32 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 43 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. The Sansom - Panco Management's 45.3 kBtu/ft² across 74,492 sq ft works out to about 3.4 billion Btu (989 MWh-equivalent) in 2021. Its source EUI of 126.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 989,466 kWh of electricity and 4,126 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Sansom - Panco Management to report its energy use?

The Sansom - Panco Management 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 2021 disclosure (source record philadelphia:10422551:2021). 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.