Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center

How does Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center 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. Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center's ENERGY STAR score of 54 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 58% of them and lower than 38%. Its site EUI of 97.3 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 8.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 89,268 sq ft, it is about 28% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1998, 4 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 Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 31 in 2015 to 54 in 2023 (+23 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 59. Site EUI moved from 114.7 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 97.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,225 tCO₂e to 782 tCO₂e over the same span (down 36%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 54 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 54 means the building performs better than about 54% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 54 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 21 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. Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center's 97.3 kBtu/ft² across 89,268 sq ft works out to about 8.7 billion Btu (2,546 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 174.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,082,394 kWh of electricity and 49,926 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center to report its energy use?

Ascension Living Resurrection Village - Life Center 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:251295:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.