1300 Summit Street - OPI

How does 1300 Summit Street - OPI compare with other office buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 133 office buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. 1300 Summit Street - OPI's ENERGY STAR score of 67 compares with an average of 64 across the 78 that report a score; it scores higher than 41% of them and lower than 58%. Its site EUI of 69.2 kBtu/ft² is roughly in line with the average of 73.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 100,000 sq ft, it is about half of the average floor area of 220,763 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 15,264 office buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 73 and a site EUI of 59.3 kBtu/ft².

How has 1300 Summit Street - OPI's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for 1300 Summit Street - OPI, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2021 to 67 in 2023 (+8 points). Site EUI moved from 75.6 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 69.2 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 8% decrease. Reported emissions went from 1,083 tCO₂e to 895 tCO₂e over the same span (down 17%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 67 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 67 means the building performs better than about 67% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 67 falls in band C — below median (55–69). It sits 8 points below 75, the threshold for ENERGY STAR certification. In Kansas City, 46% 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. 1300 Summit Street - OPI's 69.2 kBtu/ft² across 100,000 sq ft works out to about 6.9 billion Btu (2,028 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 193.8 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 600 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 1300 Summit Street - OPI to report its energy use?

1300 Summit Street - OPI reports under the Energy Empowerment Ordinance (No. 150299), the legal basis of Kansas City's Energy and Water Benchmarking program, which publishes each covered building's annual benchmarking results. The record shown here is the report-year 2023 disclosure (source record kansas_city:05-IS-01310:2023). Kansas City's Energy Empowerment Ordinance requires annual energy and water benchmarking for commercial and multifamily buildings over 50,000 sq ft (and for city-owned buildings), with public disclosure of results.