6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building

How does 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building compare with other medical office buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 18 medical office buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building's ENERGY STAR score of 13 compares with an average of 49 across the 14 that report a score; it scores higher than 0% of them and lower than 93%. Its site EUI of 134.5 kBtu/ft² is about 29% above the average of 104.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 12.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 11% above the group average of 11.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 51,497 sq ft, it is about 77% below the average floor area of 219,884 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1971, 29 years earlier than the group's average year built (2000). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 9 in 2015 to 13 in 2023 (+4 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 31. Site EUI moved from 127.2 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 134.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,234 tCO₂e to 656 tCO₂e over the same span (down 47%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 13 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 13 means the building performs better than about 13% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 13 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 62 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. 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building's 134.5 kBtu/ft² across 51,497 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,030 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 253.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 971,309 kWh of electricity, 36,139 therms of natural gas and 493 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building to report its energy use?

6725 - Trinity Hospital Physicians Office Building 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:251958:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.