Friendly Towers
Multifamily Housing in Chicago, IL · 920 W. Wilson · 60640
At a glance
Friendly Towers is a 124,768-square-foot multifamily housing building at 920 W. Wilson in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1923. In its 2023 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 95 out of 100 (grade A), a site energy-use intensity of 76.8 kBtu/ft² and 745 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 88% of the 1,472 scored multifamily housing buildings in Chicago.
Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 95 (band A) |
| Site EUI | 76.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 118.7 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 745 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 795,607 kWh |
| Natural gas | 68,659 therms |
| Gross floor area | 124,768 sq ft |
| Source record | chicago:260073:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | 95 | +1 | 76.8 kBtu/ft² | 745 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 94 | -1 | 83.7 kBtu/ft² | 784 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 95 | +1 | 79.7 kBtu/ft² | 789 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 94 | +3 | 82.9 kBtu/ft² | 847 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 91 | +2 | 88.5 kBtu/ft² | 947 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 89 | +1 | 93.1 kBtu/ft² | 994 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 88 | +7 | 90.6 kBtu/ft² | 1,039 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 81 | 99.7 kBtu/ft² | 1,151 tCO₂e |
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
- 920 W. Wilson
- City
- Chicago
- State
- Illinois
- ZIP
- 60640
- Coordinates
- 42.01503, -87.67054
Within ~1 km
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How does Friendly Towers 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. Friendly Towers's ENERGY STAR score of 95 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 88% of them and lower than 10%. Its site EUI of 76.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 6.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 124,768 sq ft, it is about 39% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1923, 48 years earlier 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 Friendly Towers's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Friendly Towers, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 81 in 2016 to 95 in 2023 (+14 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 95. Site EUI moved from 99.7 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 76.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 23% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,151 tCO₂e to 745 tCO₂e over the same span (down 35%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 95 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 95 means the building performs better than about 95% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 95 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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. Friendly Towers's 76.8 kBtu/ft² across 124,768 sq ft works out to about 9.6 billion Btu (2,808 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 118.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 795,607 kWh of electricity and 68,659 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Friendly Towers to report its energy use?
Friendly Towers 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:260073:2023). 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 Friendly Towers's energy grade?
Friendly Towers scores 95 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band A, high performer (85–100) — in its 2023 Chicago disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Friendly Towers use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 76.8 kBtu/ft² (118.7 kBtu/ft² source) across 124,768 sq ft, including 795,607 kWh of electricity and 68,659 therms of natural gas.
What are Friendly Towers's carbon emissions?
Friendly Towers reported 745 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (6.0 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Friendly Towers?
Friendly Towers is at 920 W. Wilson, in Chicago, Illinois 60640. Its coordinates are 42.01503, -87.67054 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Friendly Towers and when was it built?
Friendly Towers has 124,768 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1923 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Friendly Towers covered by the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 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, “Friendly Towers, Chicago, Illinois — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/friendly-towers-ab56cb4f (data as of October 2, 2026).