Walmart Supercenter #5402

How does Walmart Supercenter #5402 compare with other wholesale club/supercenter buildings in Chicago?

The latest disclosures cover 10 wholesale club/supercenter buildings in Chicago, out of 3,852 buildings citywide. Walmart Supercenter #5402's ENERGY STAR score of 17 compares with an average of 60 across the 9 that report a score; it scores higher than 11% of them and lower than 78%. Its site EUI of 122.4 kBtu/ft² is about 59% above the average of 76.8 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 13.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 63% above the group average of 8.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 141,676 sq ft, it is about 12% above the average floor area of 126,360 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2010, 19 years later than the group's average year built (1991). Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 482 wholesale club/supercenter buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 79.1 kBtu/ft².

How has Walmart Supercenter #5402's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Walmart Supercenter #5402, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 39 in 2015 to 17 in 2023 (-22 points); its best year on file was 2015, at 39. Site EUI moved from 142.0 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 122.4 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 2,751 tCO₂e to 1,836 tCO₂e over the same span (down 33%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 17 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 17 means the building performs better than about 17% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 17 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 58 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. Walmart Supercenter #5402's 122.4 kBtu/ft² across 141,676 sq ft works out to about 17.3 billion Btu (5,082 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 258.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,088,359 kWh of electricity, 68,019 therms of natural gas and 7,791 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Walmart Supercenter #5402 to report its energy use?

Walmart Supercenter #5402 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:120218:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.