Evo Union Park (wr034)

How does Evo Union Park (wr034) 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. Evo Union Park (wr034)'s ENERGY STAR score of 65 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 49% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 55.6 kBtu/ft² is about 23% 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 5.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 256,940 sq ft, it is about 25% above the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2022, 51 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 Evo Union Park (wr034)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Chicago disclosures for Evo Union Park (wr034), covering report years 2022–2023. Only one of those years carries energy figures.

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 65 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 65 means the building performs better than about 65% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 65 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 10 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. Evo Union Park (wr034)'s 55.6 kBtu/ft² across 256,940 sq ft works out to about 14.3 billion Btu (4,187 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 108.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,163,934 kWh of electricity, 69,144 therms of natural gas and 5,759 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Evo Union Park (wr034) to report its energy use?

Evo Union Park (wr034) 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:257024:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.