Morningside Court
Multifamily Housing in Chicago, IL · 1250 W. Morse Avenue · 60626
At a glance
Morningside Court is a 130,000-square-foot multifamily housing building at 1250 W. Morse Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, built in 1980. In its 2023 Chicago benchmarking disclosure it reported an ENERGY STAR score of 74 out of 100 (grade B), a site energy-use intensity of 74.8 kBtu/ft² and 724 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions. That score is higher than 59% of the 1,472 scored multifamily housing buildings in Chicago.
Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance · reporting year 2023
Benchmarking record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ENERGY STAR score | 74 (band B) |
| Site EUI | 74.8 kBtu/ft² |
| Source EUI | 110.6 kBtu/ft² |
| GHG emissions | 724 tCO₂e |
| GHG intensity | 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² |
| Electricity | 698,358 kWh |
| Natural gas | 73,440 therms |
| Water use | 5,503 kgal |
| Gross floor area | 130,000 sq ft |
| Source record | chicago:252333:2023 |
The disclosure history
Year over year
| Year | Score | Δ | Site EUI | GHG emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023latest | 74 | +64 | 74.8 kBtu/ft² | 724 tCO₂e |
| 2022 | 10 | -58 | 150.3 kBtu/ft² | 1,238 tCO₂e |
| 2021 | 68 | +37 | 76.3 kBtu/ft² | 793 tCO₂e |
| 2020 | 31 | +3 | 109.8 kBtu/ft² | 1,106 tCO₂e |
| 2019 | 28 | -2 | 115.4 kBtu/ft² | — |
| 2018 | 30 | +1 | 115.9 kBtu/ft² | 1,197 tCO₂e |
| 2017 | 29 | -1 | 107.6 kBtu/ft² | 1,195 tCO₂e |
| 2016 | 30 | 107.1 kBtu/ft² | 1,232 tCO₂e |
Compliance context
Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance
Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.
Ownership
No owning organisation shown. Names of private individuals in the disclosure are not published here.
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Location
- Address
- 1250 W. Morse Avenue
- City
- Chicago
- State
- Illinois
- ZIP
- 60626
- Coordinates
- 42.00921, -87.70908
Within ~1 km
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How does Morningside Court 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. Morningside Court's ENERGY STAR score of 74 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 59% of them and lower than 40%. Its site EUI of 74.8 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft². Its emissions intensity of 5.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².
At 130,000 sq ft, it is about 37% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1980, 9 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 Morningside Court's energy performance changed over time?
BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Morningside Court, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 30 in 2016 to 74 in 2023 (+44 points). Site EUI moved from 107.1 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 74.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 30% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,232 tCO₂e to 724 tCO₂e over the same span (down 41%).
What does an ENERGY STAR score of 74 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 74 means the building performs better than about 74% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 74 falls in band B — above median (70–84). It sits 1 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. Morningside Court's 74.8 kBtu/ft² across 130,000 sq ft works out to about 9.7 billion Btu (2,850 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 110.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 698,358 kWh of electricity, 73,440 therms of natural gas and 5,503 thousand gallons of water for the year.
Which law requires Morningside Court to report its energy use?
Morningside Court 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:252333:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Morningside Court's energy grade?
Morningside Court scores 74 out of 100 on ENERGY STAR — band B, above median (70–84) — in its 2023 Chicago disclosure. Scores are national percentiles against similar buildings; 75+ qualifies for ENERGY STAR certification.
How much energy does Morningside Court use?
Its 2023 site energy-use intensity was 74.8 kBtu/ft² (110.6 kBtu/ft² source) across 130,000 sq ft, including 698,358 kWh of electricity and 73,440 therms of natural gas.
What are Morningside Court's carbon emissions?
Morningside Court reported 724 tCO₂e of greenhouse-gas emissions (5.6 kgCO₂e/ft²) for 2023.
Where is Morningside Court?
Morningside Court is at 1250 W. Morse Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois 60626. Its coordinates are 42.00921, -87.70908 (latitude, longitude), as published in the Chicago Energy Benchmarking file.
How big is Morningside Court and when was it built?
Morningside Court has 130,000 sq ft of gross floor area, as reported in its 2023 disclosure. The disclosure lists 1980 as its year built. It is classed as multifamily housing.
Is Morningside Court covered by the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance?
Yes — it appears in the 2023 Chicago Energy Benchmarking disclosure, which lists the buildings reporting under the Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance.
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About this data
Source: Chicago Energy Benchmarking (Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance), as published October 2, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: BuildingCensus, “Morningside Court, Chicago, Illinois — 2023 benchmarking disclosure”, https://buildingcensus.com/buildings/chicago/morningside-court-c20cb7f5 (data as of October 2, 2026).