Canterbury Court Apartments

How does Canterbury Court 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. Canterbury Court Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 51 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 33% of them and lower than 66%. Its site EUI of 109.3 kBtu/ft² is about 52% 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 7.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 28% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 99,680 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 43 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 Canterbury Court Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Canterbury Court Apartments, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score was 51 in both 2016 and 2023. Site EUI moved from 113.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 109.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 899 tCO₂e to 736 tCO₂e over the same span (down 18%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 51 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 51 means the building performs better than about 51% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 51 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 24 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. Canterbury Court Apartments's 109.3 kBtu/ft² across 99,680 sq ft works out to about 10.9 billion Btu (3,193 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 146.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 531,822 kWh of electricity and 90,840 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Canterbury Court Apartments to report its energy use?

Canterbury Court 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:172130:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.