Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association

How does Bryn Mawr Place 1 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. Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 79% of them and lower than 19%. Its site EUI of 71.0 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 91,800 sq ft, it is about 55% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2004, 33 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 Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Chicago disclosures for Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association, covering report years 2022–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2022 to 89 in 2023 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 95. Site EUI moved from 69.1 kBtu/ft² (2022) to 71.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 3% increase. Reported emissions went from 445 tCO₂e to 463 tCO₂e over the same span (up 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association's 71.0 kBtu/ft² across 91,800 sq ft works out to about 6.5 billion Btu (1,910 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 100.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 394,026 kWh of electricity and 51,777 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Bryn Mawr Place 1 Condominium Association to report its energy use?

Bryn Mawr Place 1 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:257027:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.