Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc
Multifamily Housing in Chicago, IL · 4840 N Broadway St · 60640
At a glance
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc is a 58,000-square-foot multifamily housing building at 4840 N Broadway St in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1930. In its 2023 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 40 out of 100 (grade D), a site energy-use intensity of 46.3 kBtu/ft² and 277 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 22% 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 | 40 (band D) |
| Site EUI | 46.3 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 95.3 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 277 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 453,633 kWh |
| Natural gas | 11,391 therms |
| Gross floor area | 58,000 sq ft |
| Source record | chicago:175198:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | 40 | -6 | 46.3 kBtu/ft² | 277 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 46 | +13 | 50.9 kBtu/ft² | 288 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 33 | +3 | 51.7 kBtu/ft² | 318 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 30 | +10 | 52.6 kBtu/ft² | 347 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 20 | -46 | 59.1 kBtu/ft² | 407 tCO₂e |
| 2018 | 66 | 64.8 kBtu/ft² | 290 tCO₂e | |
| 2017 | — | — | — | |
| 2016 | 65 | 62.4 kBtu/ft² | 299 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
- 4840 N Broadway St
- City
- Chicago
- State
- Illinois
- ZIP
- 60640
- Coordinates
- 41.89928, -87.61889
Within ~1 km
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How does Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc 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. Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc's ENERGY STAR score of 40 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 77%. Its site EUI of 46.3 kBtu/ft² is about 36% 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 4.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 58,000 sq ft, it is about 72% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1930, 41 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 Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 65 in 2016 to 40 in 2023 (-25 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 66. Site EUI moved from 62.4 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 46.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 26% decrease. Reported emissions went from 299 tCO₂e to 277 tCO₂e over the same span (down 7%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 40 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 40 means the building performs better than about 40% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 40 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 35 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. Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc's 46.3 kBtu/ft² across 58,000 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (787 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 95.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 453,633 kWh of electricity and 11,391 therms of natural gas for the year.
Which law requires Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc to report its energy use?
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc 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:175198:2023). 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 Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc's energy grade?
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc scores 40 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band D, lowest band (1–54) — in its 2023 Chicago disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 46.3 kBtu/ft² (95.3 kBtu/ft² source) across 58,000 sq ft, including 453,633 kWh of electricity and 11,391 therms of natural gas.
What are Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc's carbon emissions?
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc reported 277 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (4.8 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc?
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc is at 4840 N Broadway St, in Chicago, Illinois 60640. Its coordinates are 41.89928, -87.61889 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc and when was it built?
Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc has 58,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1930 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc 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, “Gunnison Street Lofts Condo Assoc, Chicago, Illinois — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/gunnison-street-lofts-condo-assoc-020e7bcc (data as of October 2, 2026).