Shops and Lofts at 47

How does Shops and Lofts at 47 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. Shops and Lofts at 47's ENERGY STAR score of 10 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 4% of them and lower than 95%. Its site EUI of 66.5 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with 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 7.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 29% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 201,415 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 42 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 Shops and Lofts at 47's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Shops and Lofts at 47, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 22 in 2018 to 10 in 2023 (-12 points); its best year on file was 2018, at 22. Site EUI moved from 85.6 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 66.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 22% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,562 tCO₂e to 1,504 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 10 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 10 means the building performs better than about 10% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 10 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 65 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. Shops and Lofts at 47's 66.5 kBtu/ft² across 201,415 sq ft works out to about 13.4 billion Btu (3,925 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 149.2 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 2,678,386 kWh of electricity, 42,472 therms of natural gas and 5,867 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Shops and Lofts at 47 to report its energy use?

Shops and Lofts at 47 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:175346:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.