Albany Terrace Apartments

How does Albany Terrace Apartments 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. Albany Terrace Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 90 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 81% of them and lower than 18%. Its site EUI of 62.6 kBtu/ft² is about 13% below the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 4.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 262,612 sq ft, it is about 27% above the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1974, 3 years later 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 Albany Terrace Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Albany Terrace Apartments, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 75 in 2015 to 90 in 2023 (+15 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 90. Site EUI moved from 82.3 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 62.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,801 tCO₂e to 1,224 tCO₂e over the same span (down 32%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 90 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 90 means the building performs better than about 90% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 90 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. Albany Terrace Apartments's 62.6 kBtu/ft² across 262,612 sq ft works out to about 16.4 billion Btu (4,818 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 92.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,185,026 kWh of electricity and 123,891 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Albany Terrace Apartments to report its energy use?

Albany Terrace Apartments 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:250080:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.