260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport

How does 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport 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. 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport's ENERGY STAR score of 75 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 84% of them and lower than 15%. Its site EUI of 77.4 kBtu/ft² is about 25% 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 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 27% below the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 69,455 sq ft, it is about 44% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 11 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 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 51 in 2016 to 75 in 2023 (+24 points). Site EUI moved from 99.1 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 77.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 636 tCO₂e to 425 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 75 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 75 means the building performs better than about 75% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 75 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. 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport's 77.4 kBtu/ft² across 69,455 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,575 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 121.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 471,821 kWh of electricity, 37,678 therms of natural gas and 3,643 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport to report its energy use?

260-Senior Suites of Bridgeport 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:118695:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.