(IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave )

How does (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash 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. (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave )'s ENERGY STAR score of 59 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 63.3 kBtu/ft² is about 12% 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 6.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 134,308 sq ft, it is about 35% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 46 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 (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave )'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Chicago disclosures for (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave ), covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 95 in 2020 to 59 in 2023 (-36 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 95. Site EUI moved from 66.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 63.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 953 tCO₂e to 818 tCO₂e over the same span (down 14%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 59 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 59 means the building performs better than about 59% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 59 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 16 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. (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave )'s 63.3 kBtu/ft² across 134,308 sq ft works out to about 8.5 billion Btu (2,492 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 121.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,238,290 kWh of electricity and 42,779 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires (IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash Ave ) to report its energy use?

(IL491) - Renelle on the River (403 N Wabash 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:256761:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.