Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments)

How does Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith 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. Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments)'s ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 37%. Its site EUI of 59.2 kBtu/ft² is about 18% below 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 4.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 192,927 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 29 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 Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Chicago disclosures for Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments), covering report years 2016–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2016 to 77 in 2022 (+11 points); its best year on file was 2019, at 92. Site EUI moved from 60.2 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 59.2 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 2% decrease. Reported emissions went from 933 tCO₂e to 734 tCO₂e over the same span (down 21%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 falls in band B — above median (70–84). 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. Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments)'s 59.2 kBtu/ft² across 192,927 sq ft works out to about 11.4 billion Btu (3,347 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 83.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 644,802 kWh of electricity and 83,710 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith Apartments) to report its energy use?

Catholic Charities Saint Alibe - (Faith 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 2022 disclosure (source record chicago:251774:2022). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.