1550 State Parkway Condominium Association

How does 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 1,515 multifamily housing buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association's ENERGY STAR score of 52 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 34% of them and lower than 65%. Its site EUI of 85.5 kBtu/ft² is about 19% above the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 104,400 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1912, 59 years earlier than the group's average year built (1971). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 59,945 multifamily housing buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 70 and a site EUI of 59.0 kBtu/ft².

How has 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 46 in 2016 to 52 in 2023 (+6 points). Site EUI moved from 93.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 85.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 811 tCO₂e to 640 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 52 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 52 means the building performs better than about 52% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 52 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 23 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. 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association's 85.5 kBtu/ft² across 104,400 sq ft works out to about 8.9 billion Btu (2,616 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 121.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 560,413 kWh of electricity and 70,111 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 1550 State Parkway Condominium Association to report its energy use?

1550 State Parkway Condominium Association 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:114196:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.