Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC

How does Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC 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. Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC's ENERGY STAR score of 64 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 47% of them and lower than 51%. Its site EUI of 96.8 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 5.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 103,000 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1928, 43 years earlier 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 Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 66 in 2016 to 64 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2017, at 74. Site EUI moved from 106.8 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 96.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 9% decrease. Reported emissions went from 637 tCO₂e to 559 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 64 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 64 means the building performs better than about 64% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 64 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 11 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. Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC's 96.8 kBtu/ft² across 103,000 sq ft works out to about 10 billion Btu (2,922 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 107.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 98,184 kWh of electricity and 96,319 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC to report its energy use?

Park Gables Apartment Homes, INC 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:173949:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.