Kedzie Property

How does Kedzie Property 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. Kedzie Property's ENERGY STAR score of 98 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 93% of them and lower than 4%. Its site EUI of 43.8 kBtu/ft² is about 39% 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 3.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 33% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 61,706 sq ft, it is about 70% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 47 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 Kedzie Property's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Chicago disclosures for Kedzie Property, covering report years 2018–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 99 in 2020 to 98 in 2023 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 100. Site EUI moved from 40.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 43.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 8% increase. Reported emissions went from 285 tCO₂e to 242 tCO₂e over the same span (down 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 98 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 98 means the building performs better than about 98% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 98 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Kedzie Property's 43.8 kBtu/ft² across 61,706 sq ft works out to about 2.7 billion Btu (792 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 78.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 330,714 kWh of electricity, 15,755 therms of natural gas and 1,346 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Kedzie Property to report its energy use?

Kedzie Property 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:255927:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.