Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights

How does Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights 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. Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights's ENERGY STAR score of 28 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 14% of them and lower than 86%. Its site EUI of 92.3 kBtu/ft² is about 28% 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 130,550 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2020, 49 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 Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Chicago disclosures for Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights, covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 60 in 2021 to 28 in 2023 (-32 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 60. Site EUI moved from 69.8 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 92.3 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 32% increase. Reported emissions went from 782 tCO₂e to 899 tCO₂e over the same span (up 15%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 28 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 28 means the building performs better than about 28% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 28 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 47 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. Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights's 92.3 kBtu/ft² across 130,550 sq ft works out to about 12 billion Btu (3,531 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 136.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 873,039 kWh of electricity and 90,687 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights to report its energy use?

Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights 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:256810:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.