Northeastern Illinois University

How does Northeastern Illinois University compare with other college/university buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 92 college/university buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Its site EUI of 113.0 kBtu/ft² is about 17% above the average of 96.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 12.3 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 38% above the group average of 8.9 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 1,258,489 sq ft, it is about 348% above the average floor area of 280,683 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1961, 9 years earlier than the group's average year built (1970). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 2,113 college/university buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 68 and a site EUI of 98.7 kBtu/ft².

What does a site EUI of 113.0 kBtu/ft² mean?

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. Northeastern Illinois University's 113.0 kBtu/ft² across 1,258,489 sq ft works out to about 142.2 billion Btu (41,677 MWh-equivalent) in 2014. Its source EUI of 208.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 15,688,399 kWh of electricity and 889,102 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Northeastern Illinois University to report its energy use?

Northeastern Illinois University 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 2014 disclosure (source record chicago:101508:2014). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.