G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie

How does G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie 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. G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie's ENERGY STAR score of 45 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 73%. Its site EUI of 80.5 kBtu/ft² is about 12% above the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 50,181 sq ft, it is about 76% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2015, 44 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 G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Chicago disclosures for G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie, covering report years 2017–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 44 in 2017 to 45 in 2023 (+1 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 53. Site EUI moved from 86.2 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 80.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 7% decrease. Reported emissions went from 323 tCO₂e to 272 tCO₂e over the same span (down 16%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 45 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 45 means the building performs better than about 45% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 45 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 30 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. G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie's 80.5 kBtu/ft² across 50,181 sq ft works out to about 4 billion Btu (1,184 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 107.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 192,800 kWh of electricity, 33,809 therms of natural gas and 2 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie to report its energy use?

G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie 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:254374:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.