1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC

How does 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC compare with other hotel buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 88 hotel buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC's ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 51 across the 77 that report a score; it scores higher than 64% of them and lower than 35%. Its site EUI of 104.7 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 110.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 177,137 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 343,808 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1987, 8 years later than the group's average year built (1979). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,812 hotel buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 65 and a site EUI of 77.8 kBtu/ft².

How has 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 69 in 2015 to 64 in 2023 (-5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 79. Site EUI moved from 93.1 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 104.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,734 tCO₂e to 1,495 tCO₂e over the same span (down 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC's 104.7 kBtu/ft² across 177,137 sq ft works out to about 18.5 billion Btu (5,435 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 168.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,721,821 kWh of electricity, 126,680 therms of natural gas and 7,292 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC to report its energy use?

1259 - Sonesta ES Suites Chicago Downtown 201 East Walton Place - SVC 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:252031:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.