Walmart Supercenter #5965

How does Walmart Supercenter #5965 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 #5965's ENERGY STAR score of 33 compares with an average of 60 across the 9 that report a score; it scores higher than 22% of them and lower than 67%. Its site EUI of 106.6 kBtu/ft² is about 39% 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 11.7 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 46% above the group average of 8.0 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 155,765 sq ft, it is about 23% above the average floor area of 126,360 sq ft for those buildings. It was built in 2013, 22 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 #5965's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 9 Chicago disclosures for Walmart Supercenter #5965, covering report years 2015–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score was 33 in both 2015 and 2023. Site EUI moved from 139.4 kBtu/ft² (2015) to 106.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 24% decrease. Reported emissions went from 3,289 tCO₂e to 1,818 tCO₂e over the same span (down 45%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 33 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 33 means the building performs better than about 33% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 33 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 42 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 #5965's 106.6 kBtu/ft² across 155,765 sq ft works out to about 16.6 billion Btu (4,866 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 233.1 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 3,160,652 kWh of electricity, 58,247 therms of natural gas and 12,712 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Walmart Supercenter #5965 to report its energy use?

Walmart Supercenter #5965 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:124308:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.