Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street

How does Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street 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. Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street's ENERGY STAR score of 7 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 2% of them and lower than 97%. Its site EUI of 96.5 kBtu/ft² is about 34% 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 11.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 90% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 188,100 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 39 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 Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 8 Chicago disclosures for Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street, covering report years 2016–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 20 in 2016 to 7 in 2023 (-13 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 43. Site EUI moved from 90.8 kBtu/ft² (2016) to 96.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 2,246 tCO₂e to 2,069 tCO₂e over the same span (down 8%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 7 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 7 means the building performs better than about 7% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 7 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 68 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. Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street's 96.5 kBtu/ft² across 188,100 sq ft works out to about 18.2 billion Btu (5,320 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 219.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,727,573 kWh of electricity and 54,392 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street to report its energy use?

Tailor Lofts: 315 South Peoria Street 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:175878:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.