5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary

How does 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary compare with other K-12 school buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 124 K-12 school buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary's ENERGY STAR score of 53 compares with an average of 65 across the 70 that report a score; it scores higher than 36% of them and lower than 63%. Its site EUI of 55.8 kBtu/ft² is about 12% above the average of 50.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses more energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 69,300 sq ft, it is about 31% below the average floor area of 99,723 sq ft for those buildings. Across all 24 jurisdictions BuildingCensus covers, the 6,548 K-12 school buildings average an ENERGY STAR score of 64 and a site EUI of 52.7 kBtu/ft².

How has 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 59 in 2021 to 53 in 2023 (-6 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 65. Site EUI moved from 54.8 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 55.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 376 tCO₂e to 373 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 53 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 53 means the building performs better than about 53% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 53 falls in band D — lowest band (1–54). It sits 22 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. 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary's 55.8 kBtu/ft² across 69,300 sq ft works out to about 3.9 billion Btu (1,133 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 113.4 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 212 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires 5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary to report its energy use?

5440.Benjamin Banneker Elementary 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:32-IS-07010:2023). 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.