1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd

How does 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd compare with other retail store buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 50 retail store buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd's ENERGY STAR score of 80 compares with an average of 60 across the 36 that report a score; it scores higher than 81% of them and lower than 17%. Its site EUI of 53.4 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 75.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% below the group average of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 359,790 sq ft, it is about twice the average floor area of 184,393 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1938, 46 years earlier than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Chicago disclosures for 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd, covering report years 2015–2017. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2015 to 80 in 2017 (+14 points). Site EUI moved from 63.4 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 53.4 kBtu/ft² (2017), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,178 tCO₂e to 2,279 tCO₂e over the same span (down 28%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 80 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 80 means the building performs better than about 80% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 80 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd's 53.4 kBtu/ft² across 359,790 sq ft works out to about 19.2 billion Btu (5,631 MWh-equivalent) in 2017. Its source EUI of 111.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,797,248 kWh of electricity and 96,800 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd to report its energy use?

1380, 4730 W Irving Park Rd 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 2017 disclosure (source record chicago:134741:2017). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.