At a glance
Evangelical Covenant Church is a 44,575-square-foot office building at 8303 W Higgins Rd in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1972. In its 2015 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 22 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 107.0 kBtu/ft² and 959 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 3% of the 320 scored office buildings in Chicago.
Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance · reporting year 2015
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 22 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 107.0 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 336.1 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 959 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 21.5 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 1,398,331 kWh |
| Gross floor area | 44,575 sq ft |
| Source record | chicago:131481:2015 |
Compliance context
Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance
Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 8303 W Higgins Rd
- City
- Chicago
- State
- Illinois
- ZIP
- 60631
- Coordinates
- 41.98602, -87.83420
Within ~1 km
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How does Evangelical Covenant Church compare with other office buildings in Chicago?
The latest disclosures cover 387 office buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Evangelical Covenant Church's ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 69 across the 320 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 97%. Its site EUI of 107.0 kBtu/ft² is about 52% above the average of 70.4 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 21.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 187% above the group average of 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 44,575 sq ft, it is about 91% below the average floor area of 488,124 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1972, 16 years later than the group's average year built (1957). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 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. Evangelical Covenant Church's 107.0 kBtu/ft² across 44,575 sq ft works out to about 4.8 billion Btu (1,398 MWh-equivalent) in 2015. Its source EUI of 336.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,398,331 kWh of electricity for the year.
Which law requires Evangelical Covenant Church to report its energy use?
Evangelical Covenant Church 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 2015 disclosure (source record chicago:131481:2015). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Evangelical Covenant Church's energy grade?
Evangelical Covenant Church scores 22 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2015 Chicago disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Evangelical Covenant Church use?
Its 2015 site energy-use intensity was 107.0 kBtu/ft² (336.1 kBtu/ft² source) across 44,575 sq ft, including 1,398,331 kWh of electricity.
What are Evangelical Covenant Church's carbon emissions?
Evangelical Covenant Church reported 959 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (21.5 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2015.
Where is Evangelical Covenant Church?
Evangelical Covenant Church is at 8303 W Higgins Rd, in Chicago, Illinois 60631. Its coordinates are 41.98602, -87.83420 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Evangelical Covenant Church and when was it built?
Evangelical Covenant Church has 44,575 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2015 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1972 as its year built. It is classed as office.
Is Evangelical Covenant Church covered by the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance?
Yes — it appears in the 2015 Chicago Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance.
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About this data
Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois — 2015 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/evangelical-covenant-church-a62690c3 (data as of October 2, 2026).