Greenview Place SLF

How does Greenview Place SLF 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. Greenview Place SLF's ENERGY STAR score of 71 compares with an average of 47 across the 55 that report a score; it scores higher than 80% of them and lower than 16%. Its site EUI of 73.3 kBtu/ft² is about 29% below the average of 103.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 6.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% below the group average of 8.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 83,300 sq ft, it is about 33% below the average floor area of 123,934 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2009, 15 years later 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 Greenview Place SLF's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Greenview Place SLF, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 37 in 2016 to 71 in 2023 (+34 points). Site EUI moved from 91.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 73.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 20% decrease. Reported emissions went from 914 tCO₂e to 566 tCO₂e over the same span (down 38%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 71 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 71 means the building performs better than about 71% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 71 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 4 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. Greenview Place SLF's 73.3 kBtu/ft² across 83,300 sq ft works out to about 6.1 billion Btu (1,789 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 135.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 816,387 kWh of electricity and 33,233 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Greenview Place SLF to report its energy use?

Greenview Place SLF 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:253966:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.