4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor

How does 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor compare with other senior living community buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 10 senior living community buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor's ENERGY STAR score of 50 compares with an average of 65 across the 6 that report a score; it scores higher than 33% of them and lower than 50%. Its site EUI of 89.1 kBtu/ft² is about 37% above the average of 64.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 85,806 sq ft, it is roughly in line with the average floor area of 79,970 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 1,181 senior living community buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 71 and a site EUI of 73.6 kBtu/ft².

How has 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 2 Kansas City disclosures for 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor, covering report years 2021–2022. Its ENERGY STAR score was 50 in both 2021 and 2022. Site EUI moved from 89.3 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 89.1 kBtu/ft² (2022), a 0% decrease. Reported emissions went from 622 tCO₂e to 598 tCO₂e over the same span (down 4%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 50 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 50 means the building performs better than about 50% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 50 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 25 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. 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor's 89.1 kBtu/ft² across 85,806 sq ft works out to about 7.6 billion Btu (2,241 MWh-equivalent) in 2022. Its source EUI of 143.6 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 4,182 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor to report its energy use?

4725 Prospect Avenue - Paraclete Manor 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 2022 disclosure (source record kansas_city:30-MF-04725:2022). 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.