239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village

How does 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village compare with other senior living community buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 58 senior living community buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 87% of them and lower than 11%. Its site EUI of 60.8 kBtu/ft² is about 41% below the average of 103.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 37% below the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 77,682 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 16 years later than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 52 in 2016 to 86 in 2023 (+34 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 87. Site EUI moved from 92.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 60.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 34% decrease. Reported emissions went from 704 tCO₂e to 415 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village's 60.8 kBtu/ft² across 77,682 sq ft works out to about 4.7 billion Btu (1,384 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 106.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 554,576 kWh of electricity, 28,313 therms of natural gas and 4,620 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village to report its energy use?

239-Senior Suites of MarOuette Village 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:101519:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.