BuildingCensus
D

03224AS - Chicago, IL

Supermarket/Grocery Store in Chicago, IL · 6430 W. Irving Park Rd · 60634

At a glance

03224AS - Chicago, IL is a 57,498-square-foot supermarket/grocery store at 6430 W. Irving Park Rd in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1989. In its 2023 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 54 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 245.6 kBtu/ft² and 1,404 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 38% of the 39 scored supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago.

ENERGY STAR score
54
band D · 2023
Site EUI
245.6
kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions
1,404
tCO₂e
GHG intensity
24.4
kgCO₂e/ft²
Floor area
57,498
sq ft
Year built
1989
vintage
◆ Loading map…
85–10070–8455–691–54
This entry + 6 nearby

Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance · reporting year 2023

Benchmarking record

FieldValue
ENERGY STAR score54 (band D)
Site EUI245.6 kBtu/ft²
Source EUI487.3 kBtu/ft²
GHG emissions1,404 tCO₂e
GHG intensity24.4 kgCO₂e/ft²
Electricity2,208,756 kWh
Natural gas65,874 therms
Water use682,110 kgal
Gross floor area57,498 sq ft
Source recordchicago:251772:2023

The disclosure history

Year over year

YearScoreΔSite EUIGHG emissions
2023latest54-18245.6 kBtu/ft²1,404 tCO₂e
202272+11171.1 kBtu/ft²1,098 tCO₂e
202161+8220.0 kBtu/ft²1,333 tCO₂e
202053+4227.1 kBtu/ft²1,566 tCO₂e
201949+2236.9 kBtu/ft²1,708 tCO₂e
201847-14240.9 kBtu/ft²1,765 tCO₂e
201761+9235.6 kBtu/ft²1,950 tCO₂e
201652-7231.9 kBtu/ft²1,935 tCO₂e
201559212.0 kBtu/ft²1,928 tCO₂e

Compliance context

Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance

Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.

Program details →

Ownership

No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.

Own or manage this building? Claim it to correct the record and get compliance alerts.

Location

Address
6430 W. Irving Park Rd
State
Illinois
ZIP
60634
Coordinates
41.89317, -87.63278

Within ~1 km

Nearby benchmarked buildings

See also: most efficient in Chicago · biggest emitters

How does 03224AS - Chicago, IL compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 44 supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 03224AS - Chicago, IL's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 59 across the 39 that report a score; it scores higher than 38% of them and lower than 59%. Its site EUI of 245.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 238.1 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 24.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 24.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 57,498 sq ft, it is about 21% below the average floor area of 72,453 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1989, 8 years earlier than the group's average year built (1997). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has 03224AS - Chicago, IL's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for 03224AS - Chicago, IL, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2015 to 54 in 2023 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 72. Site EUI moved from 212.0 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 245.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 16% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,928 tCO₂e to 1,404 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Chicago, 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. 03224AS - Chicago, IL's 245.6 kBtu/ft² across 57,498 sq ft works out to about 14.1 billion Btu (4,139 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 487.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,208,756 kWh of electricity, 65,874 therms of natural gas and 682,110 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 03224AS - Chicago, IL to report its energy use?

03224AS - Chicago, IL reports under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance, the legal basis of the Chicago Energy Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record chicago:251772:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.

More supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago

Frequently asked questions

What is 03224AS - Chicago, IL's energy grade?

03224AS - Chicago, IL scores 54 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2023 Chicago disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.

How much energy does 03224AS - Chicago, IL use?

Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 245.6 kBtu/ft² (487.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 57,498 sq ft, including 2,208,756 kWh of electricity and 65,874 therms of natural gas.

What are 03224AS - Chicago, IL's carbon emissions?

03224AS - Chicago, IL reported 1,404 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (24.4 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.

Where is 03224AS - Chicago, IL?

03224AS - Chicago, IL is at 6430 W. Irving Park Rd, in Chicago, Illinois 60634. Its coordinates are 41.89317, -87.63278 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.

How big is 03224AS - Chicago, IL and when was it built?

03224AS - Chicago, IL has 57,498 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1989 as its year built. It is classed as supermarket/grocery store.

Is 03224AS - Chicago, IL covered by the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance?

Yes — it appears in the 2023 Chicago Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance.

Working with Chicago building benchmarking records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

About this data

Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: BuildingCensus, “03224AS - Chicago, IL, Chicago, Illinois — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/03224as-chicago-il-f8a58688 (data as of October 2, 2026).