(IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave )

How does (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave ) 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. (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave )'s ENERGY STAR score of 36 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 19% of them and lower than 80%. Its site EUI of 87.2 kBtu/ft² is about 21% 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 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 269,200 sq ft, it is about 31% above the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2006, 35 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 (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave )'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave ), covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2015 to 36 in 2023 (-64 points); its best year on file was 2015, at 100. Site EUI moved from 15.3 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 87.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 470% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,103 tCO₂e to 1,844 tCO₂e over the same span (up 67%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 36 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 36 means the building performs better than about 36% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 36 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 39 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. (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave )'s 87.2 kBtu/ft² across 269,200 sq ft works out to about 23.5 billion Btu (6,880 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 136.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,018,680 kWh of electricity and 165,760 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires (IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave ) to report its energy use?

(IL1068) - Prairie Pointe at Central Station Condo (1600 S Prairie Ave ) 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:251996:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.