Energy Benchmarking

Green Building United is managing the Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking Program on behalf of the City of Philadelphia's Office of Sustainability. Green Building United ensures that building owners and managers comply with the law by providing technical support for ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager – the free data management tool that owners use to share their data with the City.

Benchmarking Visualization Tool

The visualization tool provides building-level energy performance data for the last three calendar years for the nearly 2,800 buildings required to report utility information as part of Philadelphia’s energy benchmarking law. The chart and map tools are interactive and allow visualizing building energy performance comparisons throughout the city. 

2019 Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking Report

In 2019, the Office of Sustainability and Green Building United released a report analyzing the performance of benchmarked properties over the lifetime of the program and provided summary statistics on 2018 energy and water use data. The results show that, since 2013, Philadelphia’s benchmarked buildings have demonstrated a 5% reduction in overall energy use and over half of all buildings reported every year have achieved energy savings.

Highlights:

• 320+ Million Square Feet Reported
• 2700+ Buildings Reported
• 85% Compliance Rate
• 55 Median Energy Star Score

The Hub is a searchable database of energy efficiency and sustainability companies that provide services throughout Green Building United's region. 

Whether you're interested in energy benchmarking assistance for your commercial building or a residential home energy audit, this database connects users to the appropriate green providers to meet their project needs. 

Sustainable service providers are encouraged to list their businesses in the database. 

The Hub has recently been updated to create a more user-friendly interface to thanks to the generous support of City Energy Project.

Building Operator Trainings

Green Building United provides building operator trainings to operations and maintenance staff, building management, and offsite contractors. The course offerings teach participants how to operate buildings more efficiently to save energy and to reduce operating costs.

Philadelphia 2030 District

The Philadelphia Building Energy Benchmarking Program aligns with the Philadelphia 2030 District, an initiative led by Green Building United to reduce energy and water use as well as transportation emissions 50% by 2030. The Philadelphia 2030 District seeks to turn the abundance of building performance data into measurable actions.

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