RiverView Condominium Association

How does RiverView Condominium Association 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. RiverView Condominium Association's ENERGY STAR score of 100 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 97% of them. Its site EUI of 41.9 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 3.4 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 41% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 1,135,720 sq ft, it is about 451% above the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2000, 29 years later 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 RiverView Condominium Association's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for RiverView Condominium Association, covering report years 2015–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 35 in 2015 to 100 in 2022 (+65 points). Site EUI moved from 61.6 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 41.9 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 32% decrease. Reported emissions went from 6,819 tCO₂e to 2,865 tCO₂e over the same span (down 58%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 100 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: 100 is the top of the scale. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 100 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. RiverView Condominium Association's 41.9 kBtu/ft² across 1,135,720 sq ft works out to about 47.6 billion Btu (13,946 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 71.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,780,287 kWh of electricity and 219,437 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires RiverView Condominium Association to report its energy use?

RiverView Condominium Association 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 2022 disclosure (source record chicago:243527:2022). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.