Center Home For Hispanic Elderly

How does Center Home For Hispanic Elderly 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. Center Home For Hispanic Elderly's ENERGY STAR score of 66 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 76% of them and lower than 22%. Its site EUI of 132.0 kBtu/ft² is about 28% above the average of 103.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 9.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 75,000 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1925, 69 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 Center Home For Hispanic Elderly's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Center Home For Hispanic Elderly, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 21 in 2016 to 66 in 2023 (+45 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 78. Site EUI moved from 158.3 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 132.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 17% decrease. Reported emissions went from 935 tCO₂e to 684 tCO₂e over the same span (down 27%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 66 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 66 means the building performs better than about 66% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 66 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 9 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. Center Home For Hispanic Elderly's 132.0 kBtu/ft² across 75,000 sq ft works out to about 9.9 billion Btu (2,901 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 181.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 532,880 kWh of electricity and 80,828 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Center Home For Hispanic Elderly to report its energy use?

Center Home For Hispanic Elderly 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:252034:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.