Beach Point Tower Condominium Association

How does Beach Point Tower Condominium Association 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. Beach Point Tower Condominium Association's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 50% of them and lower than 48%. Its site EUI of 86.3 kBtu/ft² is about 20% above the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 160,000 sq ft, it is about 22% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1956, 15 years earlier 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 Beach Point Tower Condominium Association's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Beach Point Tower Condominium Association, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 27 in 2016 to 67 in 2023 (+40 points). Site EUI moved from 102.3 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 86.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,274 tCO₂e to 957 tCO₂e over the same span (down 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 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. Beach Point Tower Condominium Association's 86.3 kBtu/ft² across 160,000 sq ft works out to about 13.8 billion Btu (4,047 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 118.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 756,702 kWh of electricity and 112,208 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Beach Point Tower Condominium Association to report its energy use?

Beach Point Tower Condominium Association 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:252216:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.