Scio at Medical District Apartments

How does Scio at Medical District Apartments 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. Scio at Medical District Apartments's ENERGY STAR score of 43 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 24% of them and lower than 74%. Its site EUI of 83.4 kBtu/ft² is about 16% 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 6.9 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 19% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 343,718 sq ft, it is about 67% above the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. Its 1971 construction date is close to 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 Scio at Medical District Apartments's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Scio at Medical District Apartments, covering report years 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 38 in 2015 to 43 in 2023 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 65. Site EUI moved from 95.9 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 83.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 13% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,179 tCO₂e to 2,388 tCO₂e over the same span (down 25%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 43 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 43 means the building performs better than about 43% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 43 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 32 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. Scio at Medical District Apartments's 83.4 kBtu/ft² across 343,718 sq ft works out to about 28.7 billion Btu (8,401 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 138.3 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,921,726 kWh of electricity and 187,023 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Scio at Medical District Apartments to report its energy use?

Scio at Medical District Apartments 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:159287:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.