The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23)

How does The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23) 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. The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23)'s ENERGY STAR score of 15 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 7% of them and lower than 92%. Its site EUI of 83.5 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 7.1 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 22% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 171,500 sq ft, it is about 17% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2017, 46 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 The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 4 Chicago disclosures for The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23), covering report years 2020–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 53 in 2020 to 15 in 2023 (-38 points); its best year on file was 2020, at 53. Site EUI moved from 75.6 kBtu/ft² (2020) to 83.5 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 10% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,050 tCO₂e to 1,223 tCO₂e over the same span (up 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 15 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 15 means the building performs better than about 15% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 15 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 60 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. The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23)'s 83.5 kBtu/ft² across 171,500 sq ft works out to about 14.3 billion Btu (4,197 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 142.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,561,079 kWh of electricity, 89,929 therms of natural gas and 4,960 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23) to report its energy use?

The Residences at Eight East Huron (gh23) 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:256630:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.