(IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd)

How does (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd) 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. (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd)'s ENERGY STAR score of 55 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 64.9 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 5.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 68,094 sq ft, it is about 67% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2019, 48 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 (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 5 Chicago disclosures for (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd), covering report years 2019–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 91 in 2020 to 55 in 2023 (-36 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 91. Site EUI moved from 30.7 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 64.9 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 111% increase. Reported emissions went from 326 tCO₂e to 403 tCO₂e over the same span (up 24%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 55 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 55 means the building performs better than about 55% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 55 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 20 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. (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd)'s 64.9 kBtu/ft² across 68,094 sq ft works out to about 4.4 billion Btu (1,295 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 118.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 569,330 kWh of electricity and 24,780 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires (IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd) to report its energy use?

(IL184) - 900 West Condo (900 W Washington Blvd) 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:256570:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.