Pete's Cermak

How does Pete's Cermak compare with other supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 44 supermarket/grocery store buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Pete's Cermak's ENERGY STAR score of 31 compares with an average of 59 across the 39 that report a score; it scores higher than 10% of them and lower than 85%. Its site EUI of 300.1 kBtu/ft² is about 26% above the average of 238.1 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 29.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 20% above the group average of 24.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 74,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 72,453 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2006, 9 years later than the group's average year built (1997). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,646 supermarket/grocery store buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 176.1 kBtu/ft².

How has Pete's Cermak's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Pete's Cermak, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 50 in 2015 to 31 in 2023 (-19 points); its best year on file was 2016, at 56. Site EUI moved from 284.6 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 300.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 5% increase. Reported emissions went from 2,846 tCO₂e to 2,143 tCO₂e over the same span (down 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 31 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 31 means the building performs better than about 31% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 31 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 44 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. Pete's Cermak's 300.1 kBtu/ft² across 74,000 sq ft works out to about 22.2 billion Btu (6,508 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 577.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,252,417 kWh of electricity and 111,105 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Pete's Cermak to report its energy use?

Pete's Cermak 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:252112:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.