Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St)

How does Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St) compare with other retail store buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 50 retail store buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St)'s ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 60 across the 36 that report a score; it scores higher than 17% of them and lower than 81%. Its site EUI of 75.6 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 75.7 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 60,838 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 184,393 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 54 years earlier than the group's average year built (1984). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 3,025 retail store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 57.7 kBtu/ft².

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St)'s 75.6 kBtu/ft² across 60,838 sq ft works out to about 4.6 billion Btu (1,348 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 157.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 793,234 kWh of electricity and 18,955 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St) to report its energy use?

Binny's (1132 S Jefferson St) 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:257175:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.