Philadelphia 2030 District

Green Building United convenes the Philadelphia 2030 District, a voluntary, private sector-led effort by the owners, managers, and developers of the city’s largest properties to achieve deep reductions in energy use, water use, and transportation emissions.

The initiative seeks to improve efficiency in the building sector in Philadelphia with the goal to lower costs, reduce carbon emissions, improve indoor air quality and tenant comfort, and improve the resiliency of the city’s new and existing building stock.

Approximate boundaries: N – Spring Garden Street and Powelton Ave, S – Walnut Street, W – 40th Street, E – Interstate 95

Committed properties indicated in green. To open the map in a new tab, visit the Philadelphia 2030 District Web Map

Working Groups

The Philadelphia 2030 District has been convening working groups to assist with the development of baselines and data tracking for both the water and transportation emissions metrics in advance of the June 2019 reporting deadline. Both working groups meet on a quarterly basis and are comprised of subject matter experts and district property partners.

The charge of the working groups has been to determine an appropriate baseline and means of measuring each metric area given the available data and resources. In addition, the working groups are compiling implementation strategies and complementary policy levers that can help scale the impact of participating buildings toward the goals.