Pete's Madison

How does Pete's Madison 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 Madison's ENERGY STAR score of 34 compares with an average of 59 across the 39 that report a score; it scores higher than 15% of them and lower than 82%. Its site EUI of 301.1 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 29.8 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 23% above the group average of 24.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 66,000 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 72,453 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 16 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 Madison's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Pete's Madison, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2015 to 34 in 2023 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 99. Site EUI moved from 359.3 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 301.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 16% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,074 tCO₂e to 1,969 tCO₂e over the same span (down 36%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 34 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 34 means the building performs better than about 34% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 34 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 41 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 Madison's 301.1 kBtu/ft² across 66,000 sq ft works out to about 19.9 billion Btu (5,824 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 595.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,083,865 kWh of electricity and 93,481 therms of natural gas for the year.

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

Pete's Madison 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:120267:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.