Gateway 6th Grade Center

How does Gateway 6th Grade Center 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. Gateway 6th Grade Center's ENERGY STAR score of 82 compares with an average of 65 across the 70 that report a score; it scores higher than 66% of them and lower than 31%. Its site EUI of 31.8 kBtu/ft² is about 36% below the average of 50.0 kBtu/ft² — it uses less energy per square foot than the typical building in that group.

At 96,653 sq ft, it is roughly in line with 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 Gateway 6th Grade Center's energy performance changed over time?

BuildingCensus holds 3 Kansas City disclosures for Gateway 6th Grade Center, covering report years 2021–2023. Its ENERGY STAR score went from 84 in 2021 to 82 in 2023 (-2 points); its best year on file was 2022, at 85. Site EUI moved from 31.2 kBtu/ft² (2021) to 31.8 kBtu/ft² (2023), an 2% increase. Reported emissions went from 392 tCO₂e to 389 tCO₂e over the same span (down 1%).

What does an ENERGY STAR score of 82 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 82 means the building performs better than about 82% of its national peers. BuildingCensus bands the score into report-card grades; 82 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. Gateway 6th Grade Center's 31.8 kBtu/ft² across 96,653 sq ft works out to about 3.1 billion Btu (901 MWh-equivalent) in 2023. Its source EUI of 89.0 kBtu/ft² also counts the energy lost generating and delivering that power, which is why it is higher. The disclosure also reports 1,173 thousand gallons of water for the year.

Which law requires Gateway 6th Grade Center to report its energy use?

Gateway 6th Grade Center 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:56-IS-09210:2023). 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.