The Van Buren _CO (th202)

How does The Van Buren _CO (th202) 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 Van Buren _CO (th202)'s ENERGY STAR score of 9 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 3% of them and lower than 96%. Its site EUI of 113.1 kBtu/ft² is about 57% 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 9.5 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 64% above the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 117,574 sq ft, it is about 43% below the average floor area of 206,097 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2018, 47 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 Van Buren _CO (th202)'s energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Chicago disclosures for The Van Buren _CO (th202), covering report years 2018–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 17 in 2019 to 9 in 2023 (-8 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 70. Site EUI moved from 106.6 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 113.1 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 6% increase. Reported emissions went from 1,166 tCO₂e to 1,114 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 9 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 9 means the building performs better than about 9% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 9 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 66 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 Van Buren _CO (th202)'s 113.1 kBtu/ft² across 117,574 sq ft works out to about 13.3 billion Btu (3,897 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 188.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,375,090 kWh of electricity, 86,114 therms of natural gas and 5,723 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires The Van Buren _CO (th202) to report its energy use?

The Van Buren _CO (th202) 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:255740:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.