Pete's Pulaski

How does Pete's Pulaski 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 Pulaski's ENERGY STAR score of 22 compares with an average of 59 across the 39 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 343.1 kBtu/ft² is about 44% 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 34.6 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 43% above the group average of 24.2 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 56,000 sq ft, it is about 23% below the average floor area of 72,453 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2003, 6 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 Pulaski's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Pete's Pulaski, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 23 in 2015 to 22 in 2023 (-1 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 99. Site EUI moved from 338.2 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 343.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 1% increase. Reported emissions went from 2,690 tCO₂e to 1,937 tCO₂e over the same span (down 28%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 22 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 22 means the building performs better than about 22% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 22 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 53 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 Pulaski's 343.1 kBtu/ft² across 56,000 sq ft works out to about 19.2 billion Btu (5,631 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 690.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,092,592 kWh of electricity and 86,632 therms of natural gas for the year.

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

Pete's Pulaski 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:119349:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.