245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway

How does 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway 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. 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway's ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 75% of them and lower than 24%. Its site EUI of 45.0 kBtu/ft² is about 56% 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 4.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about half of the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 84,139 sq ft, it is about 32% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 21 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 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 73 in 2016 to 65 in 2023 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 84. Site EUI moved from 45.5 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 45.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 1% decrease. Reported emissions went from 446 tCO₂e to 358 tCO₂e over the same span (down 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway's 45.0 kBtu/ft² across 84,139 sq ft works out to about 3.8 billion Btu (1,110 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 84.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 531,166 kWh of electricity and 19,728 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires 245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway to report its energy use?

245-Senior Suites Chicago Midway 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:175979:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.