Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3

How does Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3 compare with other multifamily housing buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 292 multifamily housing buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3's ENERGY STAR score of 86 compares with an average of 70 across the 123 that report a score; it scores higher than 50% of them and lower than 45%. Its site EUI of 27.8 kBtu/ft² is about 42% below the average of 47.9 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 56,428 sq ft, it is about 60% below the average floor area of 140,116 sq ft for those buildings. 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 Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 100 in 2021 to 86 in 2023 (-14 points); its best year on file was 2021, at 100. Site EUI moved from 2.9 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 27.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 859% increase. Reported emissions went from 24 tCO₂e to 199 tCO₂e over the same span (up 746%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 86 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 86 means the building performs better than about 86% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 86 falls in band A — high performer (85–100). 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 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. Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3's 27.8 kBtu/ft² across 56,428 sq ft works out to about 1.6 billion Btu (460 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 77.7 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher.

Which law requires Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3 to report its energy use?

Altitude 970 (lt068) - Building 3 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:51-MF-06321:2023). 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.