CC Care (Community Care Center)

How does CC Care (Community Care Center) compare with other senior living community buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 58 senior living community buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. CC Care (Community Care Center)'s ENERGY STAR score of 56 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 62% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 101.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 103.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 7.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 62,600 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1969, 25 years earlier than the group's average year built (1994). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has CC Care (Community Care Center)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for CC Care (Community Care Center), covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 21 in 2015 to 56 in 2023 (+35 points). Site EUI moved from 136.3 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 101.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 25% decrease. Reported emissions went from 786 tCO₂e to 483 tCO₂e over the same span (down 39%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 56 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 56 means the building performs better than about 56% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 56 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 19 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. CC Care (Community Care Center)'s 101.9 kBtu/ft² across 62,600 sq ft works out to about 6.4 billion Btu (1,869 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 153.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 485,489 kWh of electricity and 47,201 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires CC Care (Community Care Center) to report its energy use?

CC Care (Community Care Center) 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:132118:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.