Swedish Hospital Campus

How does Swedish Hospital Campus compare with other mixed use property buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 40 mixed use property buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Swedish Hospital Campus's ENERGY STAR score of 44 compares with an average of 59 across the 11 that report a score; it scores higher than 27% of them and lower than 64%. Its site EUI of 210.0 kBtu/ft² is about twice the average of 98.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 20.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about twice the group average of 10.1 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 799,492 sq ft, it is about 16% above the average floor area of 689,510 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 1918, 51 years earlier than the group's average year built (1969). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,212 mixed use property buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 69 and a site EUI of 79.8 kBtu/ft².

How has Swedish Hospital Campus's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Swedish Hospital Campus, covering report years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. Its ENERGY STAR score was 44 in both 2015 and 2023. Site EUI moved from 218.6 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 210.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 4% decrease. Reported emissions went from 23,182 tCO₂e to 16,427 tCO₂e over the same span (down 29%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 44 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 44 means the building performs better than about 44% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 44 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 31 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. Swedish Hospital Campus's 210.0 kBtu/ft² across 799,492 sq ft works out to about 167.9 billion Btu (49,205 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 409.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 25,352,946 kWh of electricity and 813,818 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Swedish Hospital Campus to report its energy use?

Swedish Hospital Campus 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:250122:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.