Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division

How does Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division 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. Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division's ENERGY STAR score of 84 compares with an average of 62 across the 1,472 that report a score; it scores higher than 71% of them and lower than 27%. Its site EUI of 36.6 kBtu/ft² is about half of the average of 72.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group. Its emissions intensity of 5.0 kgCO₂e/ft² is about 14% below the group average of 5.8 kgCO₂e/ft².

At 147,696 sq ft, it is about 28% 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 Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 6 Chicago disclosures for Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division, covering report years 2018–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 88 in 2021 to 84 in 2023 (-4 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 89. Site EUI moved from 42.8 kBtu/ft² (2019) to 36.6 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 14% decrease. Reported emissions went from 765 tCO₂e to 742 tCO₂e over the same span (down 3%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 84 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 84 means the building performs better than about 84% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 84 falls in band B — above median (70–84). Scores of 75 or higher meet the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification; certification itself is a separate, verified application that the disclosure does not record. 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. Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division's 36.6 kBtu/ft² across 147,696 sq ft works out to about 5.4 billion Btu (1,584 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 100.5 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,535,178 kWh of electricity and 1,699 therms of natural gas for the year.

Which law requires Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division to report its energy use?

Wicker Park Connection - 1640 W Division 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:255943:2023). Covered buildings that fail to benchmark and report face fines of up to $100 plus $25 per day of violation under the ordinance.