Corrigan Station

How does Corrigan Station compare with other office buildings in Kansas City?

The latest disclosures cover 133 office buildings in Kansas City, out of 1,628 buildings citywide. Corrigan Station's ENERGY STAR score of 77 compares with an average of 64 across the 78 that report a score; it scores higher than 60% of them and lower than 36%. Its site EUI of 46.0 kBtu/ft² is about 37% below the average of 73.2 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 121,303 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 Corrigan Station's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Corrigan Station, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 74 in 2021 to 77 in 2023 (+3 points). Site EUI moved from 48.3 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 46.0 kBtu/ft² (2023), a 5% decrease. Reported emissions went from 840 tCO₂e to 742 tCO₂e over the same span (down 12%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 77 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 77 means the building performs better than about 77% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 77 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 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. Corrigan Station's 46.0 kBtu/ft² across 121,303 sq ft works out to about 5.6 billion Btu (1,635 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 128.9 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,210 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Corrigan Station to report its energy use?

Corrigan Station 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:08-CM-01815:2023). 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.