Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion)

How does Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion) compare with other medical office buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 18 medical office buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion)'s ENERGY STAR score of 68 compares with an average of 49 across the 14 that report a score; it scores higher than 64% of them and lower than 29%. Its site EUI of 133.1 kBtu/ft² is about 28% above the average of 104.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 13.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 17% above the group average of 11.4 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 691,862 sq ft, it is about 215% above the average floor area of 219,884 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2014, 14 years later than the group's average year built (2000). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,266 medical office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 92.2 kBtu/ft².

How has Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion), covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 41 in 2017 to 68 in 2023 (+27 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 75. Site EUI moved from 118.5 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 133.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 12% increase. Reported emissions went from 10,313 tCO₂e to 9,206 tCO₂e over the same span (down 11%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 68 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 68 means the building performs better than about 68% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 68 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 7 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. Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion)'s 133.1 kBtu/ft² across 691,862 sq ft works out to about 92.1 billion Btu (26,988 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 265.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 14,572,725 kWh of electricity, 423,433 therms of natural gas and 27,436 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion) to report its energy use?

Lavin Family Pavilion (Outpatient Care Pavilion) 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:102125:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.