Sunnycourt Condominiums

How does Sunnycourt Condominiums 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. Sunnycourt Condominiums's ENERGY STAR score of 39 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 21% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 91.8 kBtu/ft² is about 27% 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 5.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is roughly in line with the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 75,600 sq ft, it is about 63% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1926, 45 years earlier 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 Sunnycourt Condominiums's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Sunnycourt Condominiums, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 34 in 2016 to 39 in 2023 (+5 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 58. Site EUI moved from 107.8 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 91.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 15% decrease. Reported emissions went from 537 tCO₂e to 429 tCO₂e over the same span (down 20%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 39 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 39 means the building performs better than about 39% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 39 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 36 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. Sunnycourt Condominiums's 91.8 kBtu/ft² across 75,600 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,034 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 112.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 205,028 kWh of electricity and 62,373 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Sunnycourt Condominiums to report its energy use?

Sunnycourt Condominiums 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:254262:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.