N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD

How does N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 10 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD's ENERGY STAR score of 89 compares with an average of 60 across the 9 that report a score; it scores higher than 56% of them and lower than 33%. Its site EUI of 51.7 kBtu/ft² is about 33% below the average of 76.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 34% below the group average of 8.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 138,510 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 126,360 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2005, 14 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 7 Chicago disclosures for N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD, covering report years 2017–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 41 in 2017 to 89 in 2023 (+48 points). Site EUI moved from 86.7 kBtu/ft² (2017) to 51.7 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 40% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,684 tCO₂e to 741 tCO₂e over the same span (down 56%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 89 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 89 means the building performs better than about 89% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 89 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. N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD's 51.7 kBtu/ft² across 138,510 sq ft works out to about 7.2 billion Btu (2,099 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 106.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,215,930 kWh of electricity, 30,127 therms of natural gas and 961 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD to report its energy use?

N001845-CHICAGO BRICKYARD 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:118872:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.